Thursday, October 15, 2026, 16:00
Auditorium
Stephen Jones, IPPP Durham
Abstract:
Since the discovery of the Higgs boson, we have made impressive progress in
exploring the rich physics of the Higgs and Electroweak sectors. At present,
Higgs bosons have been observed in all main production modes and in five of the
seven main decay channels, allowing the coupling to third-generation quarks and
leptons as well as W- and Z-bosons to be established at the 5-10% level.
I will review the main milestones on the path from discovery to the precision
era, highlighting the increasingly important role of precise theoretical
predictions, and the challenges faced in producing them. The upcoming
High-Luminosity LHC presents an enormous opportunity to explore the core
features of the Brout-Englert-Higgs mechanism for the first time. I will briefly
discuss the theoretical input relevant to efforts to measure the Higgs potential
via multi-Higgs production.