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High Energy Seminar - Chris Neu (University of Virginia) - "The Interplay Between the Top Quark and the Higgs Boson: How a discovery from a generation ago can help us understand the latest breakthrough in particle physics"

April 8, 2013
2:30PM - 3:30PM
4138 Physics Research Building

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Add to Calendar 2013-04-08 14:30:00 2013-04-08 15:30:00 High Energy Seminar - Chris Neu (University of Virginia) - "The Interplay Between the Top Quark and the Higgs Boson: How a discovery from a generation ago can help us understand the latest breakthrough in particle physics" The recent discovery at the LHC of a new fundamental particle has generated a significant amount of excitement around the globe -- an excitement unmatched in particle physics since the discovery of the top quark in 1995. Given its observed decay channels, its mass and a handful of its properties, indications are that this new particle could be the long-sought Higgs boson, purported to be the linchpin in understanding the imposition of mass to the fundamental particles. But much remains to be known about this new particle -- it could be the Higgs boson predicted by the standard model or it could be something more exotic.  Characterization of this new particle must be done in many different channels; its interactions with the top quark will play a vital role in this endeavor. Herein I describe the importance the top quark will play in studies of this new particle, and describe in detail one particularly important channel in the characterization effort: the search for production of the Higgs in association with top-quark pairs at CMS. 4138 Physics Research Building Department of Physics physics@osu.edu America/New_York public

The recent discovery at the LHC of a new fundamental particle has generated a significant amount of excitement around the globe -- an excitement unmatched in particle physics since the discovery of the top quark in 1995. Given its observed decay channels, its mass and a handful of its properties, indications are that this new particle could be the long-sought Higgs boson, purported to be the linchpin in understanding the imposition of mass to the fundamental particles. But much remains to be known about this new particle -- it could be the Higgs boson predicted by the standard model or it could be something more exotic.  Characterization of this new particle must be done in many different channels; its interactions with the top quark will play a vital role in this endeavor. Herein I describe the importance the top quark will play in studies of this new particle, and describe in detail one particularly important channel in the characterization effort: the search for production of the Higgs in association with top-quark pairs at CMS.