Read article 'Higgs boson gets SMEFT treatment'
The move to constrain effective field theories rather than signal strengths for couplings marks a new, more comprehensive phase in Standard Model tests at the LHC.
Read article 'First evidence for rare Higgs-boson decay'
The ATLAS collaboration today reported a 3.2σ excess over background of H → ℓℓγ decay candidates with dilepton mass less than 30 GeV.
Read article 'Targeting a Higgs factory'
An electron–positron Higgs factory following the LHC would significantly expand our knowledge about this unique and mysterious elementary scalar.
Read article 'How to find a Higgs boson'
Ivo van Vulpen’s popular book isn’t an airy pamphlet cashing in on the 2012 discovery, but a realistic representation of what it’s like to be a particle physicist.
Read article 'One Higgs, three discoveries'
The ATLAS and CMS collaborations have not only discovered a new particle, argues Yosef Nir, but also laid bare the underpinnings of electroweak interactions and uncovered the first evidence for a new ...
Read article 'Turning the screw on H → μμ'
The first evidence for the coupling of the Higgs boson to a second-generation fermion has been reported at the LHC.
Read article 'ICHEP’s online success'
Advances in Higgs, flavour and neutrino physics were among the highlights of ICHEP 2020, writes Mark Thomson.
Read article 'The LHC as a photon collider'
The ATLAS collaboration has made the first observation of the photo-production of W-boson pairs.
Read article 'Vector-boson scattering probes quartic coupling'
The observation of the electroweak production of W±W±, WZ and ZZ boson pairs is an essential milestone towards precision tests at the LHC.
Read article 'LHC physics shines amid COVID-19 crisis'
Originally scheduled to be held in Paris, the fully online conference brought together a particularly large and diverse group of participants.
