Summary and look to the future

A brief review is given of (i) the initial performance and impact of LEP, and (ii) possible improvements in LEP’s capabilities and research which may be carried out in the future. Following an overview of the experimental and theoretical shortcomings of the so-called Standard Model, the potential of future colliders that are under construction or consideration is summarized. Emphasis is placed on the potential of the Large Hadron Collider that may be built at CERN in the LEP tunnel, which would be a natural successor to LEP.

2008 ◽  
Vol 23 (32) ◽  
pp. 5117-5136 ◽  
Author(s):  
MONICA PEPE ALTARELLI ◽  
FREDERIC TEUBERT

LHCb is a dedicated detector for b physics at the LHC (Large Hadron Collider). In this paper we present a concise review of the detector design and performance together with the main physics goals and their relevance for a precise test of the Standard Model and search of New Physics beyond it.


2018 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 429-459 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio Boveia ◽  
Caterina Doglioni

Colliders, among the most successful tools of particle physics, have revealed much about matter. This review describes how colliders contribute to the search for particle dark matter, focusing on the highest-energy collider currently in operation, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN. In the absence of hints about the character of interactions between dark matter and standard matter, this review emphasizes what could be observed in the near future, presents the main experimental challenges, and discusses how collider searches fit into the broader field of dark matter searches. Finally, it highlights a few areas to watch for the future LHC program.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabell Engeln ◽  
Pedro Ferreira ◽  
M. Margarete Mühlleitner ◽  
Rui Santos ◽  
Jonas Wittbrodt

Abstract We discuss the dark phases of the Next-to-2-Higgs Doublet model. The model is an extension of the Standard Model with an extra doublet and an extra singlet that has four distinct CP-conserving phases, three of which provide dark matter candidates. We discuss in detail the vacuum structure of the different phases and the issue of stability at tree-level of each phase. Taking into account the most relevant experimental and theoretical constraints, we found that there are combinations of measurements at the Large Hadron Collider that could single out a specific phase. The measurement of h125 → γγ together with the discovery of a new scalar with specific rates to τ+τ− or γγ could exclude some phases and point to a specific phase.


2013 ◽  
Vol 53 (A) ◽  
pp. 518-523
Author(s):  
Arno Straessner

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and the two multi-purpose detectors, ATLAS and CMS, have been operated successfully at record centre-of-mass energies of 7 ÷ 8TeV. This paper presents the main physics results from proton–proton collisions based on a total luminosity of 2 × 5 fb<sup>−1</sup>. The most recent results from Standard Model measurements, Standard Model and MSSM Higgs searches, as well as searches for supersymmetric and exotic particles are reported. Prospects for ongoing and future data taking are presented.


2005 ◽  
Vol 20 (15) ◽  
pp. 3400-3402
Author(s):  
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SATYAKI BHATTACHARYA

The Large Hadron Collider(LHC) is a proton proton collider being built at CERN, Geneva which will collide two 7 TeV proton beams giving a center of mass energy of 14 TeV. The Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) is a multi-purpose detector at the LHC which is designed to discover the Higgs boson over the mass range of 90 to 1000 GeV. Since LEP searches have put a 95% C.L. lower bound on (standard model) Higgs mass of 114.4 GeV and theory excludes mass above about 1 TeV, CMS should discover the Higgs if it exists. In this paper, we will review CMS's Higgs-discovery potential both in the Standard Model and the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model for Higgs bosons produced in gluon-gluon fusion and in vector boson fusion mechanisms. Particular emphasis will be placed on discovery in the early years of running with luminosity of about 2 × 1033cm-2/s.


2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (01) ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
GUSTAAF BROOIJMANS

Experiments will soon start taking data at CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) with high expectations for discovery of new physics phenomena. Indeed, the LHC's unprecedented center-of-mass energy will allow the experiments to probe an energy regime where the standard model is known to break down. Here, the experiments' capability to observe new resonances in various channels is reviewed.


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