Search for dark matter produced in association with a Higgs Boson decaying to bb¯ using 36 fb−1 of pp collisions at √s=13 TeV with the ATLAS Detector

UNSPECIFIED (2017) Search for dark matter produced in association with a Higgs Boson decaying to bb¯ using 36 fb−1 of pp collisions at √s=13 TeV with the ATLAS Detector. Physical review letters, 119 (18): 181804. ISSN 1079-7114

Abstract

Several extensions of the standard model predict associated production of dark-matter particles with a Higgs boson. Such processes are searched for in final states with missing transverse momentum and a Higgs boson decaying to a bb¯ pair with the ATLAS detector using 36.1 fb−1 of pp collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV at the LHC. The observed data are in agreement with the standard model predictions and limits are placed on the associated production of dark-matter particles and a Higgs boson.