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Title: Dark Matter searches at the LHC and beyond

Speaker: Dr. Bjoern Penning, Imperial College, UK
 

Abstract: Dark Matter (DM) is a long standing puzzle in fundamental physics and goal of a diverse research program. Underground and astrophysical searches attempt to detect DM particles in the cosmos either directly or by searching for their decay products while particle colliders might produce DM in the laboratory. Each of these detection methods can probe parts of the parameter space with complementary strengths. Collider searches are particularly powerful at low masses but also explore larger masses and are not subject to significant astrophysical uncertainties. I will show the connection between these searches and how an interdisciplinary effort can probe the entire natural phase space. Furthermore I will discuss LHC searches and newly developed simplified models that connect these search strategies in run 2 of the LHC and beyond.