# DPF2015

4-8 August 2015
America/Detroit timezone

## Search for Monotop Production in Semi-Leptonic Decays of Top Quarks at $\mathbf{\sqrt{s}= 8}$ TeV Using the ATLAS Detector

6 Aug 2015, 17:30
15m
Vandenberg (Michigan League)

Top Physics

### Speaker

Andrew Mc Rae Chegwidden (Michigan State University (US))

### Description

This beyond the Standard Model search looks for events where single top quarks are produced in association with missing transverse energy. This missing transverse energy can be attributed to a neutral, long lived or stable, non-interacting particle which could be considered a dark matter candidate. The final state topology can either be created via baryon number violating or flavor changing neutral current interactions. Data collected with the ATLAS detector at a center-of-mass energy of 8 TeV during 2012 corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $20.3$ fb$^{-1}$ are used. The current search results will be presented along with future plans for the analysis.
Oral or Poster Presentation Oral

### Primary author

Andrew Mc Rae Chegwidden (Michigan State University (US))