Search for Dark Matter Produced in Association With a Higgs Boson Decaying To B(b)over-Bar Using 36 Fb(-1) of Pp Collisions at Root S=13 Tev With the Atlas Detector

Abstract

Several extensions of the standard model predict associated production of dark-matter particles with a Higgs boson. Such processes arc searched for in final states with missing transverse momentum and a Higgs boson decaying to a b (b) over bar 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.