9–11 May 2016
University of Pittsburgh
US/Eastern timezone

Future sensitivity to dark matter from the Z boson width

9 May 2016, 17:15
15m
G28 (Benedum Hall)

G28

Benedum Hall

parallel talk BSM III

Speaker

Anthony DiFranzo (UC Irvine)

Description

LEP measurements of the Z width highly constrain new electroweak states with masses less than half the Z mass. Therefore, in this work we consider effective operators involving a fermionic dark matter which contribute to the Z invisible width only at loop level. How FCC-ee projections compare to direct detection bounds within these models will be the primary focus of the discussion. Possible UV completions for these operators will also be examined.

Author

Anthony DiFranzo (UC Irvine)

Co-author

Dr Prateek Agrawal (Harvard)

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