Semi-Visible Particle Jets: Is Dark Matter Hiding in Plain Sight?
What happens if dark-matter particles are produced inside a jet of Standard-Model particles? This leads to a novel detector signature known as semi-visible jets! The…
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator, located at the CERN laboratory near Geneva, Switzerland. It is a 27-kilometer (17-mile) ring-shaped tunnel that accelerates particles to nearly the speed of light and then collides them with each other. The collisions produce high-energy subatomic particles that can be studied by scientists to better understand the fundamental laws of nature.
The LHC has been a major focus of particle physics research since it began operation in 2008. It has made numerous groundbreaking discoveries, including the detection of the Higgs boson, a particle that is believed to give other particles mass. The LHC is also used to search for new particles and study the properties of matter and antimatter.
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What happens if dark-matter particles are produced inside a jet of Standard-Model particles? This leads to a novel detector signature known as semi-visible jets! The…
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