23–28 Jun 2014
Amsterdam
Europe/Zurich timezone

QCD effects in mono-jet searches for dark matter

26 Jun 2014, 17:10
20m
Room 6 (Tuschinski Theatre)

Room 6

Tuschinski Theatre

Presentation Particle Physics Particle Physics

Speaker

Dr Emanuele Re (University of Oxford)

Description

I will discuss theoretical uncertainties in predictions for "mono-jet" signals, and show how these predictions can be affected by extra radiation due to QCD emissions. I'll present results obtained by matching parton showers with NLO corrections, as implemented in the publicly-available MC program POWHEG-BOX, that I will quickly overview. Time permitting, I'll also show how further informations on the precise structure of the interaction between dark matter and the standard model can be extracted from "MET + 2 jets" events.

Author

Dr Emanuele Re (University of Oxford)

Co-authors

Anthony Hibbs (University of Oxford) Felix Kahlhoefer (University of Oxford) Ulrich Haisch (University of Oxford)

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