Searching for Dark Matter at Hadron Colliders

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Theoretical and experimental techniques employed in dedicated searches for dark matter at hadron colliders are reviewed.

• Bounds from the 7 and 8 TeV proton-proton collisions at the LHC on dark matter interactions have been collected and the results interpreted.
• We review the current status of the Effective Field Theory picture of dark matter interactions with the Standard Model.
• Currently, LHC experiments have stronger bounds on operators leading to spin-dependent scattering than direct detection experiments, while direct detection probes are more constraining for spin-independent scattering for WIMP masses above a few GeV.