Particle physics beyond the Standard Model Students conference

30 May 2023, 09:00 → 2 Jun 2023, 22:00 Europe/Zurich

4/2-037 (CERN)

Elina Fuchs (CERN)

The Standard Model (SM) of particle physics is incomplete because it cannot account e.g. for the observed matter-antimatter asymmetry of the Universe, it does not provide a Dark Matter candidate and does not explain the hierarchy of scales between the Higgs mass and the Planck scale of gravity. Therefore we will study extensions of the SM that address these shortcomings, as well as search strategies for the manifestations of such models. This lecture prepares the students to start research in particle physics.

• Block lecture and exercises for one week with 1.5 LVS.
• The lecture will take place at CERN, Geneva.
• The lecture will be given an English. Questions can also be asked in German.
• This lecture reviews the SM including the Higgs mechanism and covers several models and methods of particle physics beyond the Standard Model (SM), such as extended Higgs sectors, Dark Matter, naturalness, and experimental searches.
• The program also contains a guided tour and visits to the CERN exhibition (tour, Microcosm and Universe of Particles im Globe).
• Lecture materials and homework will be provided on StudIP.

Tuesday, 30 May

09:00 → 09:45 Introduction/closing: Introduction

Convener: Elina Fuchs (CERN)

09:45 → 10:30 Standard Model: SM summary

Convener: Elina Fuchs (CERN)

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee

11:00 → 11:30 Standard Model: SM summary

Convener: Elina Fuchs (CERN)

11:30 → 12:00 Standard Model: Higgs mechanism

Convener: Elina Fuchs (CERN)

12:00 → 13:15 Lunch + photo

13:15 → 13:45 Standard Model: Higgs mechanism

13:45 → 14:00 Question session: Questions about QFT and the SM

Please ask your questions regarding the presented topics and beyond.

Convener: Elina Fuchs (CERN)

14:00 → 14:15 Coffee

14:15 → 15:15 Tutorial: Electroweak symmetry breaking

Convener: Elina Fuchs (CERN)

15:15 → 16:00 Standard Model: Shortcomings of the SM

Convener: Elina Fuchs (CERN)

16:10 → 17:45 Tour: Synchrocyclotron and ATLAS Visitor Center

Different tours to experimental halls, exhibitions and public talks at CERN.
For the evening lecture on Thursday, please register via https://indico.cern.ch/event/1282460/.

Conveners: Elina Fuchs (CERN), Fiona Kirk (Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (DE)), Miguel Escudero Abenza (CERN)

Public evening lecture Cosmology

Safety and accessibility at the tours

Tours at CERN

18:00 → 19:00 Free time: (Supermarket)

Wednesday, 31 May

09:00 → 10:00 Standard Model: Shortcomings of the SM

Convener: Elina Fuchs (CERN)

10:00 → 10:15 Coffee

10:15 → 10:30 Question session: Questions about the SM and its shortcomings

Please ask your questions regarding the presented topics and beyond.

Convener: Elina Fuchs (CERN)

10:30 → 11:00 Models: Extended Higgs sectors

Convener: Elina Fuchs (CERN)

11:00 → 11:30 Coffee

11:30 → 12:30 Models: Extended Higgs sectors

12:30 → 13:30 Lunch

14:00 → 16:00 Tour: Antimatter Decelerator & LEIR

Different tours to experimental halls, exhibitions and public talks at CERN.
For the evening lecture on Thursday, please register via https://indico.cern.ch/event/1282460/.

Conveners: Elina Fuchs (CERN), Fiona Kirk (Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (DE))

Public evening lecture Cosmology

Safety and accessibility at the tours

Tours at CERN

16:30 → 17:30 Models: Supersymmetry

Convener: Elina Fuchs (CERN)

17:30 → 17:45 Coffee

17:45 → 18:45 Tutorial: BSM decays

Convener: Elina Fuchs (CERN)

Thursday, 1 June

09:00 → 09:15 Question session: Questions about Higgs sectors and SUSY

Please ask your questions regarding the presented topics and beyond.

09:15 → 10:00 Models: Composite Higgs

Convener: Elina Fuchs (CERN)

10:00 → 11:00 Tour: Globe

Different tours to experimental halls, exhibitions and public talks at CERN.
For the evening lecture on Thursday, please register via https://indico.cern.ch/event/1282460/.

Conveners: Agnese Mariotti (Leibniz Universitat Hannover), Elina Fuchs (CERN), Fiona Kirk (Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (DE))

Public evening lecture Cosmology

Safety and accessibility at the tours

Tours at CERN

11:00 → 11:45 Models: Dark Matter

Convener: Elina Fuchs (CERN)

11:45 → 12:45 Lunch

12:45 → 13:30 Models: Dark Matter

Convener: Elina Fuchs (CERN)

13:30 → 13:45 Coffee

13:45 → 14:45 Tutorial: Dark Matter

Convener: Agnese Mariotti (Leibniz Universitat Hannover)

15:00 → 19:30 Free time: Hike

20:00 → 21:30 Tour: Evening lecture: Between two infinities - our place in the Universe

Different tours to experimental halls, exhibitions and public talks at CERN.
For the evening lecture on Thursday, please register via https://indico.cern.ch/event/1282460/.

Public evening lecture Cosmology

Safety and accessibility at the tours

Tours at CERN

Friday, 2 June

09:00 → 09:15 Question session: Questions about CH and DM

Please ask your questions regarding the presented topics and beyond.

Convener: Elina Fuchs (CERN)

09:15 → 10:00 Global view: Effective Field Theories

Convener: Fiona Kirk (Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (DE))

10:00 → 10:15 Coffee

10:15 → 11:00 Global view: Effective Field Theories

Convener: Fiona Kirk (Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (DE))

11:00 → 11:15 Coffee

11:15 → 12:00 Global view: Experimental results

Convener: Elina Fuchs (CERN)

12:00 → 13:00 Lunch

13:00 → 13:30 Global view: Experimental results

Convener: Elina Fuchs (CERN)

13:30 → 14:30 Tutorial: Effective Field Theories

Convener: Fiona Kirk (Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (DE))

14:55 → 16:10 Tour: CERN Control Center

Different tours to experimental halls, exhibitions and public talks at CERN.
For the evening lecture on Thursday, please register via https://indico.cern.ch/event/1282460/.

Conveners: Elina Fuchs (CERN), Fiona Kirk (Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (DE))

Public evening lecture Cosmology

Safety and accessibility at the tours

Tours at CERN

16:30 → 17:15 Introduction/closing: Summary

Convener: Elina Fuchs (CERN)

17:15 → 17:30 Introduction/closing: Evaluation

Convener: Elina Fuchs (CERN)

18:00 → 19:00 Free time: Geneva