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The Discovery and Characterization of a Higgs Boson

Offered By: APS Physics via YouTube

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Course Description

Overview

Explore the groundbreaking discovery and characterization of the Higgs boson in this 37-minute APS Physics conference talk by Joe Incandela from CERN. Delve into the culmination of decades-long, worldwide efforts to construct and operate the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and the ATLAS and CMS experiments. Gain insights into the announcement on July 4th, 2012, and subsequent studies revealing more about this new particle's nature. Learn about the Standard Model, the necessity of the Higgs boson, and the complex accelerator and detector systems involved. Examine narrow peaks, important fingerprints, and the particle's couplings, spin, and parity. Discover ongoing initiatives for new detectors and machines aimed at further elucidating the Higgs boson's properties and addressing fundamental questions about our universe.

Syllabus

Intro
Discovery and early characterization of a Higgs boson
The Standard Model (SM)
Why do we need the Higgs?
Like Swiss chocolate
Accelerator & Detectors
Narrow Peaks
Emphasis on its properties Is it Higgs boson? Two important fingerprints' Does it couple to other particles proportional to their
Couplings, Spin and Parity


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APS Physics

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