Search for dark matter production in association with the Z$^{\prime}$ boson at the LHC in pp collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 8 TeV using Monte Carlo simulations (2103.04326v3)

Abstract: This analysis presents the possibility for the search for Dark Matter (DM) particles using events with a Z$^{\prime}$ heavy gauge boson and a large missing transverse momentum at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). We consider the muonic decay of Z$^{\prime}$. The analyzed Monte Carlo samples were the Open simulated files produced by the CMS collaboration for proton-proton collisions correspond to an integrated luminosity of the LHC run-I with 19.7 fb$^{-1}$ at $\sqrt{s} = $ 8 TeV. Two scenarios, one simplified benchmark scenario so called Dark Higgs and the effective field theory (EFT) formalism, were used for interpretations. Limits are set on both Z$^{\prime}$, dark matter masses and the cutoff scale of the EFT.