Electroweak Prospects at the LHC

Journal Article · Thu Dec 17 04:00:00 EST 2009 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3293777· OSTI ID:21325612

Ecklund, Karl M ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas, 77005 (United States)

The CERN Large Hadron Collider will shortly begin operation at energies beyond current experiments. Among early measurements will be inclusive production of the electroweak gauge bosons, W and Z, which primarily demonstrate detector physics performance but may also be compared to standard model expectations. Searches for diboson production, VV, where V = W, Z, {gamma} probe the trilinear gauge couplings of the Electroweak gauge bosons. At Large Hadron Collider energies, the trilinear gauge couplings can be tested in regimes inaccessible at lower energies, giving sensitivity to new physics in electroweak symmetry breaking beyond existing experiments even in the first year of operation at a small fraction of the design luminosity.

• OSTI ID: 21325612
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 1182; ISSN APCPCS; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
BOSONS
CERN LHC
PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION
PARTICLE PRODUCTION
PERFORMANCE
PHOTONS
PROTON-ANTIPROTON INTERACTIONS
SENSITIVITY
STANDARD MODEL
SYMMETRY BREAKING
UNIFIED-FIELD THEORIES
W MINUS BOSONS
W PLUS BOSONS
Z NEUTRAL BOSONS