English

Invisible Z' and dark matter: LHC vs LUX constraints

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2015-06-18 v2 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

We consider a simple, yet generic scenario in which a new heavy ZZ' gauge boson couples both to SM fermions and to dark matter. In this framework we confront the best LHC limits on an extra gauge boson ZZ' to the constraints on couplings to dark matter from direct detection experiments. In particular we show that the LHC searches for resonant production of dileptons and the recent exclusion limits obtained by the LUX collaboration give complementary constraints. Together, they impose strong bounds on the invisible branching ratio and exclude a large part of the parameter space for generic ZZ' models. Our study encompasses many possible ZZ' models, including SSM, E6E_6-inspired or B-L scenario.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.1401.0221,
  title  = {Invisible Z' and dark matter: LHC vs LUX constraints},
  author = {Giorgio Arcadi and Yann Mambrini and Michel H. G. Tytgat and Bryan Zaldivar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1401.0221},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

Figure and references added. Accepted for publication in JHEP