Collider bounds on indirect dark matter searches: The WW final state

We describe an effective theory of interaction between pairs of dark matter particles (denoted chi) and pairs of W bosons. Such an interaction could accommodate chi(chi) over bar -> WW processes, which are a major focus of indirect dark matter experiments, as well as pp -> W* -> W chi(chi) over bar processes, which would predict excesses at the LHC in the W + E-T final-state. We reinterpret an ATLAS W + E-T analysis in the hadronic mode and translate the bounds to the space of indirect detection signals. We also reinterpret the W + E-T analysis in terms of Kaluza-Klein graviton emission through the processes W* -> WG and Z* -> ZG in which G is invisible. Finally, the final state is interpreted in terms of a W' model where W' -> WZ, with W decaying hadronically and Z decaying to neutrinos.