Nominated as an outstanding PhD thesis by the University of Geneva, Switzerland
Gives a detailed overview of the present status of WIMP searches
Facilitates a fuller exploitation of the currently available discovery potential

Auteur
Enrico Morgante graduated in Theoretical Physics at University of Pisa and Scuola Normale Superiore in 2012. He obtained his PhD in 2016 from University of Geneva, Switzerland. Since then, he has been part of the Theory department in DESY, Hamburg, as a post-doc.

Contenu
Part I: Introduction.- Generalities about Dark Matter.- Part II: Direct and Indirect WIMP Searches.- Direct Detection of Wimps.- Indirect Detection.- Focus on AMS-02 Anti-protons Results.- Part III: LHC Searches.- Dark Matter Searches at the LHC.- The EFT Approach and its Validity.- Simplied Models.- Relic Density.- Part IV: Complementary Searches in the Simplied Model Framework.- A U(1)' Gauge Mediator.- A 750 Gev Pseudo-scalar Mediator.- Conclusions. <p