Search for Monotop Production in Semi-Leptonic Decays of Top Quarks at $\mathbf{\sqrt{s}= 8}$ TeV Using the ATLAS Detector

This beyond the Standard Model search looks for events where single top quarks are produced in association with missing transverse energy. This missing transverse energy can be attributed to a neutral, long lived or stable, non-interacting particle which could be considered a dark matter candidate. The final state topology can either be created via baryon number violating or flavor changing neutral current interactions. Data collected at a center-of-mass energy of 8 TeV during 2012 corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $20.3$~fb$^{-1}$ are used. The current search results will be presented along with future plans for the analysis.