Tag: Physics briefings

  • To “b” or not to “b”: is there a new heavy Higgs boson decaying to b quarks?

    To “b” or not to “b”: is there a new heavy Higgs boson decaying to b quarks?

    A particle compatible with the Higgs boson of the standard model (SM) was observed in 2012 by the ATLAS and CMS Collaborations, with a mass of about 125 GeV.

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  • Searching For Signs of New Higgs Bosons

    Searching For Signs of New Higgs Bosons

    The 2012 discovery of the Higgs boson at the CERN LHC was a milestone confirmation of the Standard Model, a theoretical framework that describes all the known elementary particles – the fundamental building blocks of our universe – and their interactions.

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  • The heavy force-carriers at record energy

    The heavy force-carriers at record energy

    Our current understanding of the nature of elementary particles and their interactions is encapsulated in what is known as the Standard Model (SM) of particle physics.

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  • Game Changer: Machine Learning Transforms LHC Simulations

    Game Changer: Machine Learning Transforms LHC Simulations

    What do you do when you would like to play the newest computer game on your old computer, but the game is too demanding for your hardware?

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  • The quantum optician

    The quantum optician

    Image credit: Jennifer James (Vanderbilt) Imagine going to an optician to check your vision.

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  • Using charm to study the Higgs boson

    Using charm to study the Higgs boson

    The study of the Higgs boson is one of the main goals of the physics program of the CMS experiment.

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  • Exploring the dark sector: looking for the most hidden light dark matter

    Exploring the dark sector: looking for the most hidden light dark matter

    The completion of the standard model (SM) with the discovery of the Higgs boson stands as a resounding success in the world of particle physics.

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  • Nailing down the invisible

    Nailing down the invisible

    Top quarks are the heaviest known elementary particles, as heavy as a tungsten atom.

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  • CMS and the quest for a preferred lepton flavor

    CMS and the quest for a preferred lepton flavor

    Recent observations from experiments worldwide have reported anomalies in the decays of a bottom quark to a charm quark, a charged lepton (electron, muon, or tau), and the corresponding neutrino.

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  • Counting Higgs bosons at 13.6 TeV

    Counting Higgs bosons at 13.6 TeV

    In 2012, the discovery of the Higgs boson marked a milestone in particle physics.

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