@article{94fc38118cf64d34a8621b9da0e6be46,
title = "Search for dark matter in events with heavy quarks and missing transverse momentum in pp collisions with the ATLAS detector",
abstract = "This article reports on a search for dark matter pair production in association with bottom or top quarks in 20.3 fb−1 of pp collisions collected at √s = 8 TeV by the ATLAS detector at the LHC. Events with large missing transverse momentum are selected when produced in association with high-momentum jets of which one or more are identified as jets containing b-quarks. Final states with top quarks are selected by requiring a high jet multiplicity and in some cases a single lepton. The data are found to be consistent with the Standard Model expectations and limits are set on the mass scale of effective field theories that describe scalar and tensor interactions between dark matter and Standard Model particles. Limits on the dark-matter–nucleon cross-section for spin-independent and spin-dependent interactions are also provided. These limits are particularly strong for low-mass dark matter. Using a simplified model, constraints are set on the mass of dark matter and of a coloured mediator suitable to explain a possible signal of annihilating dark matter.",
author = "{ATLAS Collaboration} and G. Aad and B. Abbott and J. Abdallah and {Abdel Khalek}, S. and O. Abdinov and R. Aben and B. Abi and M. Abolins and AbouZeid, {O. S.} and H. Abramowicz and H. Abreu and R. Abreu and Y. Abulaiti and Acharya, {B. S.} and L. Adamczyk and Adams, {D. L.} and J. Adelman and S. Adomeit and T. Adye and T. Agatonovic-Jovin and Aguilar-Saavedra, {J. A.} and M. Agustoni and Ahlen, {S. P.} and F. Ahmadov and G. Aielli and H. Akerstedt and {\AA}kesson, {T. P.A.} and G. Akimoto and Akimov, {A. V.} and Alberghi, {G. L.} and J. Albert and S. Albrand and {Alconada Verzini}, {M. J.} and M. Aleksa and Aleksandrov, {I. N.} and C. Alexa and G. Alexander and G. Alexandre and T. Alexopoulos and M. Alhroob and G. Alimonti and L. Alio and J. Alison and Allbrooke, {B. M.M.} and Allison, {L. J.} and Allport, {P. P.} and A. Aloisio and A. Alonso and F. Alonso and C. Alpigiani and A. Altheimer and {Alvarez Gonzalez}, B. and Alviggi, {M. G.} and K. Amako and {Amaral Coutinho}, Y. and C. Amelung and D. Amidei and {Amor Dos Santos}, {S. P.} and A. Amorim and S. Amoroso and N. Amram and G. Amundsen and C. Anastopoulos and Ancu, {L. S.} and N. Andari and T. Andeen and Anders, {C. F.} and G. Anders and Anderson, {K. J.} and A. Andreazza and V. Andrei and Anduaga, {X. S.} and S. Angelidakis and I. Angelozzi and P. Anger and A. Angerami and F. Anghinolfi and Anisenkov, {A. V.} and N. Anjos and A. Annovi and M. Antonaki and M. Antonelli and A. Antonov and J. Antos and F. Anulli and M. Aoki and {Aperio Bella}, L. and R. Apolle and G. Arabidze and I. Aracena and Y. Arai and Araque, {J. P.} and Arce, {A. T.H.} and Arduh, {F. A.} and Arguin, {J. F.} and S. Argyropoulos and M. Arik and Armbruster, {A. J.} and O. Arnaez and V. Arnal and H. Arnold and M. Arratia and O. Arslan and A. Artamonov and G. Artoni and S. Asai and N. Asbah and A. Ashkenazi and B. {\AA}sman and L. Asquith and K. Assamagan and R. Astalos and M. Atkinson and Atlay, {N. B.} and B. Auerbach and K. Augsten and M. Aurousseau and G. Avolio and B. Axen and G. Azuelos and Y. Azuma and Baak, {M. A.} and Baas, {A. E.} and C. Bacci and H. Bachacou and K. Bachas and M. Backes and M. Backhaus and E. Badescu and P. Bagiacchi and P. Bagnaia and Y. Bai and T. Bain and Baines, {J. T.} and Baker, {O. K.} and P. Balek and F. Balli and E. Banas and Sw Banerjee and Bannoura, {A. A.E.} and Bansil, {H. S.} and L. Barak and Baranov, {S. P.} and Barberio, {E. L.} and D. Barberis and M. Barbero and T. Barillari and M. Barisonzi and T. Barklow and N. Barlow and Barnes, {S. L.} and Barnett, {B. M.} and Barnett, {R. M.} and Z. Barnovska and A. Baroncelli and G. Barone and Barr, {A. J.} and F. Barreiro and {Barreiro Guimar{\~a}es da Costa}, J. and R. Bartoldus and Barton, {A. E.} and P. Bartos and V. Bartsch and A. Bassalat and A. Basye and Bates, {R. L.} and Batista, {S. J.} and Batley, {J. R.} and M. Battaglia and M. Battistin and F. Bauer and Bawa, {H. S.} and Beacham, {J. B.} and Beattie, {M. D.} and T. Beau and Beauchemin, {P. H.} and R. Beccherle and P. Bechtle and Beck, {H. P.} and K. Becker and S. Becker and M. Beckingham and C. Becot and Beddall, {A. J.} and A. Beddall and S. Bedikian and Bednyakov, {V. A.} and Bee, {C. P.} and Beemster, {L. J.} and Beermann, {T. A.} and M. Begel and K. Behr and C. Belanger-Champagne and Bell, {P. J.} and Bell, {W. H.} and G. Bella and L. Bellagamba and A. Bellerive and M. Bellomo and X. Zhao",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2015, CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration.",
year = "2015",
month = feb,
day = "24",
doi = "10.1140/epjc/s10052-015-3306-z",
language = "English",
volume = "75",
journal = "European Physical Journal C",
issn = "1434-6044",
number = "2",
}