Search for dark matter produced in association with a dark Higgs boson in the $b\bar{b}$ final state using $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=13$ TeV with the ATLAS detector

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contents A search is performed for dark matter particles produced in association with a resonantly produced pair of $b$-quarks with $30< m_{bb}<150$ GeV using 140 fb$^{-1}$ of proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV recorded by the ATLAS detector at the LHC. This signature is expected in extensions of the Standard Model predicting the production of dark matter particles, in particular those containing a dark Higgs boson $s$ that decays into $b\bar{b}$. The highly boosted $s \rightarrow b\bar{b}$ topology is reconstructed using jet reclustering and a new identification algorithm. This search places stringent constraints across regions of the dark Higgs model parameter space that satisfy the observed relic density, excluding dark Higgs bosons with masses between $30$ and $150$ GeV in benchmark scenarios with $Z'$ mediator masses up to $4.8$ TeV at 95% confidence level.
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spellingShingle Search for dark matter produced in association with a dark Higgs boson in the $b\bar{b}$ final state using $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=13$ TeV with the ATLAS detector
ATLAS Collaboration
High Energy Physics - Experiment
A search is performed for dark matter particles produced in association with a resonantly produced pair of $b$-quarks with $30< m_{bb}<150$ GeV using 140 fb$^{-1}$ of proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV recorded by the ATLAS detector at the LHC. This signature is expected in extensions of the Standard Model predicting the production of dark matter particles, in particular those containing a dark Higgs boson $s$ that decays into $b\bar{b}$. The highly boosted $s \rightarrow b\bar{b}$ topology is reconstructed using jet reclustering and a new identification algorithm. This search places stringent constraints across regions of the dark Higgs model parameter space that satisfy the observed relic density, excluding dark Higgs bosons with masses between $30$ and $150$ GeV in benchmark scenarios with $Z'$ mediator masses up to $4.8$ TeV at 95% confidence level.
title Search for dark matter produced in association with a dark Higgs boson in the $b\bar{b}$ final state using $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=13$ TeV with the ATLAS detector
topic High Energy Physics - Experiment
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.10549