Recent CMS results in top and Higgs physics

TL;DR

This paper reviews recent experimental results from the CMS Collaboration on top quark and Higgs boson physics, emphasizing their properties, interactions, and potential for discovering new physics beyond the standard model.

Contribution

It provides an overview of the latest measurements and findings related to top quark and Higgs boson properties from CMS experiments, highlighting their significance in testing the standard model and exploring new physics.

Findings

Measurements of Higgs properties consistent with the standard model

Top quark production and decay measurements align with theoretical predictions

Searches for new physics in top-Higgs interactions show no significant deviations

Abstract

After the Higgs boson discovery in 2012, the investigation of its properties and compatibility with the standard model predictions is central to the physics program of the LHC experiments. Likewise, the study of the top quark is still relevant at the LHC, more than two decades after its discovery at the Tevatron. Top quarks and Higgs bosons are produced at the LHC on a large scale and share a deep connection based on the large mass of the top quark. Both particles provide an excellent laboratory in which to search for new physics: the measurement of their properties tests the foundations of the standard model; and they feature prominently in a variety of exotic signals. The coupling of the Higgs boson to the top quark, a fundamental standard model parameter, can only be measured directly in processes where the two particles are produced together. The production of a Higgs boson together with one or two top quarks is also sensitive to several exciting new physics effects. A brief overview of the current experimental status of top quark and Higgs boson physics is presented using results from the CMS Collaboration.