The objective of this meeting is to bring together scientists working on various aspects of beyond the Standard Model physics. A particular focus will be placed on a critical assessment of the current status, which features long-standing puzzles while little experimental guidance exists in the form of discoveries of new particles. Various approaches to making progress will be discussed and confronted, including the naturalness criterion, the 'agnostic' bottom-up approach, considerations related to the interplay of Standard Model puzzles, and the exploration of synergies between earth-based experiments and astro/cosmological observables. New ideas and paradigms are essential for the continued progress of fundamental physics toward a better understanding of nature.
Main topics of the workshop include:
- Status of Naturalness
Composite Higgs, SUSY, New Paradigms, … - Interplay of SM Puzzles
Flavour, ALPs, GUTs, … - Astro-Cosmo-Collider Synergy
Dark Matter, Phase Transitions, GWs, … - Bottom-Up Approach
EFTs, Simplified Models, …
We particularly welcome and encourage the participation of early-career researchers.
The workshop "New Physics Directions in the LHC era and beyond" will be hosted in-person at the Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik (MPIK, Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics) in Heidelberg, Germany.
