S10 - P. Muiño, The Higgs boson, 10 years after its discovery

14 Dezembro 2022, 14:00 • Maria Margarida Cruz

Abstract:  On 4th of July 2012, the ATLA and CMS collaborations at CERN announced the discovery of a particle compatible with being the Higgs boson of the Standard Model of Particle Physics (SM). The discovery appeared in all major newspapers all around the world. Since that date, the efforts of both collaborations have focused on the measurement of the Higgs boson properties. The aim of these studies is twofold. On the one hand, it is necessary to probe the SM predictions. On the other hand, the Higgs boson may provide answers to some of the most important questions in particle physics today, such as the origin of the matter-antimatter asymmetry of the Universe, or the nature of dark matter. In this seminar, I will review the current experimental status on the understanding of the Higgs boson and the future directions of research in this area