Lambda Scan for T- Channel Fermion Dark Matter Model

Abstract

The development of collider machines revealed a lot about the matter in particle physics. The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, has made a great contribution to this field. While the LHC experimental data were compared with the Standard Model (SM), new models were put forward by theorists. Various parameters of many phenomenological studies have been tested for high-energy collisions. In this study, I examined a simplified Dark matter model, the t-channel Fermion Portal model, with the lambda parameter scan at 14 TeV. Signal generation was performed using the Madgraph5 generator to scan mediator and dark matter mass. It was checked how the change of the lambda constant changed the dark matter production mechanism of the model.

Keywords

• Dark Matter
• Simplified Models
• Large Hadron Collider
• Coupling Constant
• t-channel Fermion Portal Model

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