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Title: Particle Physics after the Higgs-Boson Discovery: Opportunities for the Large Hadron Collider

Journal Article · · Contemporary Physics (Online)
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  1. Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States); Laboratoire de Physique Theorique de l'Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris (France)

The first run of the Large Hadron Collider at CERN brought the discovery of the Higgs boson, an apparently elementary scalar particle with a mass of 125 GeV, the avatar of the mechanism that hides the electroweak symmetry. Then, a new round of experimentation is beginning, with the energy of the proton–proton colliding beams raised to 6.5 TeV per beam, from 4 TeV at the end of the first run. I summarize what we have learned about the Higgs boson, and calls attention to some issues that will be among our central concerns in the near future.

Research Organization:
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-07CH11359
OSTI ID:
1223224
Report Number(s):
FERMILAB-PUB-15-290-T; arXiv eprint number arXiv:1507.02977
Journal Information:
Contemporary Physics (Online), Journal Name: Contemporary Physics (Online); ISSN 1366-5812
Publisher:
Taylor and FrancisCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 1 work
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