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SUMMARY:Dark Matter Searches at CMS - Nicholas Wardle (Imperial College Lo
 ndon)
DTSTART:20170523T140000Z
DTEND:20170523T150000Z
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CONTACT:Matthew Kenzie
DESCRIPTION:The nature of dark matter remains one of the most intriguing u
 nsolved mysteries in physics. A long-standing popular idea is that dark ma
 tter is a new kind of particle which interacts weakly with other forms of 
 matter. With evidence for dark matter's existence based on cosmological ar
 guments and astrophysical observations only\, a number of experiments are 
 racing to be the first to claim detection. If dark matter is indeed a new 
 particle\, the LHC offers a unique opportunity to produce and study its in
 teractions. Searches for dark matter production at CMS target simple event
  topologies in the "monomania" approach to discovery. While simple\, they 
 are nonetheless a powerful tool in the search for dark matter\, providing 
 complementary constraints in the parameter space of phenomenological model
 s compared to those from other experiments. This talk will cover searches 
 for dark matter at CMS\, including recent results in the monojet and other
  "monomania" final states.  
LOCATION:Rutherford Seminar Room B
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