LHC Ski 2016, Austria

Session

WED1

13 Apr 2016, 17:40

UZ Obergurgl

47. How (not) to use simplified models to search for dark matter at the LHC

Dr Felix Kahlhoefer (DESY)

13/04/2016, 17:40

Dark Matter

Talk

I will discuss the motivation, the advantages and the problems of using simplified models as a tool to interpret LHC searches for dark matter. I will present a few examples for how this approach can be used to understand the complementarity of different dark matter search strategies. Finally, I will focus on various consistency conditions that should be imposed even on the most simplified...