Solving the dark matter mystery at the LHC and beyond

by Dr Benedikt Maier (Imperial College London)

Wednesday 5 Mar 2025, 11:30 → 12:30 Europe/London

R61 CR03 (RAL)

While remaining a favoured explanation for DM, the absence of a discovery of WIMPs has sparked interest towards scenarios featuring significantly dark matter scenarios that ask for novel experimental techniques. To investigate such types of dark matter, new approaches based on artificial intelligence at the CMS experiment at the LHC yield spectacular insights into the largest datasets ever recorded at high energy physics experiments. I will discuss some of the latest results in the search for dark matter at the LHC, as well as give an outlook at what can be achieved with AI at upcoming direct search experiments that are based on quantum sensors.