Introducing the Higgs Boson
COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited
Abstract
The evidence from Large Hadron Collider of the ``Higgs-like particle,'' a bosonic resonance at a mass near 125 GeV, suggests that this particle is the long-sought Higgs Boson. In this lecture, I will explain what a ``Higgs Boson'' is and why the presence of one or more Higgs Bosons is required by our current understanding of the weak and electromagnetic interactions. I will describe the predicted properties of the Higgs Boson that are now being tested at the LHC. I will discuss the future of high-precision studies of the Higgs Boson and its possible partners, and the road that the Higgs Boson provides to the exploration of the larger mysteries of particle physics.
*Work supported by the US Department of Energy, contract DE-AC02-76SF00515.
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