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Title: Introduction to Electroweak Symmetry Breaking

Abstract

The Standard Model (SM) is the backbone of elementary particle physics-not only does it provide a consistent framework for studying the interactions of quark and leptons, but it also gives predictions which have been extensively tested experimentally. In these notes, I review the electroweak sector of the Standard Model, discuss the calculation of electroweak radiative corrections to observables, and summarize the status of SM Higgs boson searches. Despite the impressive experimental successes, however, the electroweak theory is not completely satisfactory and the mechanism of electroweak symmetry breaking is untested. I will discuss the logic behind the oft-repeated statement: 'There must be new physics at the TeV scale'. These lectures reflect my strongly held belief that upcoming results from the LHC will fundamentally change our understanding of electroweak symmetry breaking. In these lectures, I review the status of the electroweak sector of the Standard Model, with an emphasis on the importance of radiative corrections and searches for the Standard Model Higgs boson. A discussion of the special role of the TeV energy scale in electroweak physics is included.

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
Doe - Office Of Science
OSTI Identifier:
944967
Report Number(s):
BNL-81880-2008-CP
R&D Project: 08775; YN0100000; TRN: US0900746
DOE Contract Number:  
DE-AC02-98CH10886
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: XIII Mexican School of Particles and Fields; Sonora, Mexico; 20081002 through 20081011
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; HIGGS BOSONS; LEPTONS; PHYSICS; QUARKS; RADIATIVE CORRECTIONS; STANDARD MODEL; SYMMETRY BREAKING

Citation Formats

Dawson, S. Introduction to Electroweak Symmetry Breaking. United States: N. p., 2008. Web.
Dawson, S. Introduction to Electroweak Symmetry Breaking. United States.
Dawson, S. 2008. "Introduction to Electroweak Symmetry Breaking". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/944967.
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