The ATLAS and CMS DM searches covered a huge range of final states during the first data-taking run of the LHC looking for signs of WIMP production. Although observation is consistent with SM background expectation, stringent limits have been set on different benchmark models, emphasising the complementarity of collider searches and direct detection searches. Collider searches can powerfully constraint the low DM-mass region where the direct detection experiments suffer a lack of sensitivity.
However the current benchmark models employed to describe the DM-SM interaction suffer of validity limitations in the high-energy regime. Thus a different choice will be performed for Run-II making use of simplified models which explicitly define the mediator particle, providing a more fair description of the interaction itself, and overcoming Effective Field Theory approach limitations.
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