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Description
Experimentally, dark matter has not yet been observed, and there is not yet any evidence for non-gravitational interactions between dark matter and Standard Model particles. In this talk, I will briefly review dark matter searches at CMS with Run II through different approaches with a focus on model-independent and dark sector searches. Since dark matter particles themselves do not produce signals in the Large Hardon Collider (LHC) detectors, one way to observe them is when they are produced in association with visible standard model particles such as muons, making the CMS detector an excellent probe for exploring the dark sector. I conclude the talk with the results of our analysis of the dataset, corresponding to 59.7 fb$^{-1}$ of proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s} =$ 13 TeV recorded during 2018, wherein I interpret the model-independent results of the analysis in the context of a dark matter model, by setting 95\% upper exclusion limits on the parameters of the model.
