TASI 2011: lectures on Higgs-Boson Physics
Laura Reina (FSU)
TL;DR
This paper reviews the Higgs mechanism and discusses the phenomenology and experimental search strategies for the Standard Model Higgs boson at hadron colliders like the Tevatron and LHC.
Contribution
It provides a concise overview of Higgs physics, emphasizing the importance of precise predictions for Higgs signals and backgrounds at current colliders.
Findings
Summary of Higgs boson production and decay channels
Analysis of collider search strategies
Discussion of theoretical predictions for Higgs signals
Abstract
In these lectures I briefly review the Higgs mechanism of electroweak symmetry breaking and focus on the most relevant aspects of the phenomenology of the Standard Model Higgs boson at hadron colliders, namely the Tevatron and the Large Hadron Collider. Emphasis is put in particular on the Higgs-physics program of both LHC experiments and on the theoretical activity that has entailed from the the need of providing accurate predictions for both signal and background in Higgs-boson searches.
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Taxonomy
TopicsParticle physics theoretical and experimental studies · Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena · Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions