Model-independent WIMP Searches at the ILC

Understand

We investigate the possibility to detect WIMPs at the ILC in a model-independent way using events with single photons.

• The study is done with a full detector simulation of the LDC detector and MarlinReco.
• It turns out that WIMPs are observable this way at the ILC if their coupling to electrons is not too small.
• Beam polarisation can increase the accessible phase space significantly.