The flavor of Higgs

23 Jun 2014, 09:00 → 26 Jun 2014, 18:00 Asia/Jerusalem

Drory Auditorium (Weizmann Institute of Science)

Aielet Efrati, Liron Barak (CERN - PH/UAT), Yotam Soreq (W)

The beginning of a new era at the LHC, marked by the recent discovery of a Higgs boson, promises new insights into the puzzle of Flavor Physics. We will review and discuss key aspects related to Higgs fermion couplings. The workshop will cover both phenomenological and experimental topics, addressing analyses of current data as well as prospects for the upcoming LHC run.


The workshop is sponsored by the five Research Schools at the Feinberg Graduate School of the Weizmann Institute of Science:
- André Deloro Research School of Physical Science
- Solo Dwek and Maurizio Dwek Research School of Chemical Science
- Lorry I. Lokey Research School of Biochemical Science
- Ekard Research School of Biological Science
- Moross Research School of Mathematics and Computer Science
and by the I Core Program of the Planning and Budgeting Committee and The Israel Science Foundation (grant No. 1937/1)

Poster Poster.pdf

Monday 23 June

09:00 → 11:15 Open Session

Convener: Dr Gilad Perez (Weizmann Institute)

09:00 Opening announcement

09:15 Opening - experimental

Speaker: Andreas Hoecker (CERN)

10:15 Opening - theory

Speaker: Yuval Grossman (Cornell)

11:15 → 11:30 Coffee break

11:30 → 12:30 Flavor tagging and identification

Convener: Mihailo Backovic (Weizmann Institute of Science)

11:30 Flavor tagging and identification

Speaker: Giacinto Piacquadio (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US))

Slides 23June2014_FlavorOfHiggsWorkshop_FlavorTagging.pdf

12:30 → 13:30 Lunch

13:30 → 15:30 Higgs couplings

Convener: Eilam Gross (Weizmann Institute of Science (IL))

13:30 Higgs couplings - theory

Speaker: Michael Spira (Paul Scherrer Institut (CH))

Slides spira.pdf

14:15 Higgs couplings - experimental

Speaker: André David (CERN)

Slides 140623_Higgs_Properties_EXP_Rehovot.pdf

15:00 Higgs couplings - discussion

15:30 → 16:00 Coffee break

16:00 → 17:30 Monte-Carlo

Convener: Mihailo Backovic (Weizmann Institute of Science)

16:00 Monte-Carlo

Speaker: Fabio Maltoni (Universite Catholique de Louvain (UCL) (BE))

Slides flavor_higgs_maltoni.pdf

18:00 → 20:00 Reception

Tuesday 24 June

09:00 → 09:30 Monte-Carlo

Convener: Yevgeny Kats (Weizmann Institute)

09:00 MC

Speaker: Fabio Maltoni (Universite Catholique de Louvain (UCL) (BE))

09:30 → 10:15 Single top and Higgs

Convener: Yevgeny Kats (Weizmann Institute)

09:30 single top and Higgs in CMS: quantum interference and the sign of the top Yukawa

Speaker: Andrea Giammanco (Universite Catholique de Louvain (UCL) (BE))

Slides thq_flavor_of_higgs.pdf

10:15 → 10:35 Coffee break

10:35 → 12:30 ttH/tH

Convener: Yevgeny Kats (Weizmann Institute)

10:35 th/tth - theory

Speaker: Michael Spannowsky

Slides tth_Spannowsky.pdf

11:20 th/tth - experimental

Speaker: Aurelio Juste Rozas (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ES))

12:05 th/tth - discussion

12:30 → 13:30 Lunch

13:30 → 22:00 Excursion to Jerusalem

Wednesday 25 June

09:00 → 09:45 Asymmetric lepton-flavor violating Higgs decays

Convener: Erez Etzion (Tel Aviv University (IL))

09:00 Asymmetric lepton-flavor violating Higgs decays

Speaker: Shikma Bressler (Weizmann Institute of Science (IL))

09:45 → 10:15 Coffee break

10:15 → 12:15 Higgs and LFV

Convener: Erez Etzion (Tel Aviv University (IL))

10:15 Higgs and LFV - theory

Speaker: Jernej F. Kamenik (Jozef Stefan Institute)

Slides Kamenik_HiggsLFV_1.pdf

11:00 Higgs and LFV - experimental

Speaker: Aliaksandr Pranko (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (US))

11:45 Higgs and LFV - discussion

12:15 → 13:30 lunch

13:30 → 15:30 Higgs width and couplings to heavy flavors

Convener: Jana Schaarschmidt (Weizmann Institute of Science (IL))

13:30 Higgs width and heavy flavors - theory

Speaker: Adam Falkowski (Universite de Paris-Sud 11 (FR))

Slides 140625_Rehovot.pdf

14:10 Higgs width and heavy flavors - experimental

Speaker: Daniela Rebuzzi (Universita e INFN (IT))

14:50 Constraints on the Higgs width from off-shell production and decays to Z-boson pairs

Speaker: Loic Quertenmont (Universite Catholique de Louvain (UCL) (BE))

Slides 14_06_25_HiggsWidthBoundingFromOffshell.pdf

15:10 Higgs width and heavy flavors - discussion

15:30 → 21:00 Excursion and dinner in Tel Aviv

Thursday 26 June

09:00 → 09:45 Higgs and CPV

Convener: Emmanuel Stamou (W)

09:00 An Exclusive Window onto Higgs Yukawa Couplings

Speaker: Yotam Soreq (Weizmann Institute of Science (IL))

09:22 b Polarization as a Probe of New Physics

Speaker: Yevgeny Kats (Weizmann Institute)

Slides b-pol.pdf

09:45 → 10:15 Coffee break

10:15 → 12:15 Higgs and CPV

Convener: Emmanuel Stamou (W)

10:15 Higgs and CPV - theory

Speaker: Joachim Brod (TU Munich)

Slides brod_higgsCPV.pdf

11:00 Higgs and CPV - experimental

Speaker: Kirill Prokofiev (Istituto Nazionale Fisica Nucleare (IT))

11:45 Higgs and CPV - discussion

12:15 → 13:30 Lunch

13:30 → 15:30 top-pair final state

Convener: Seung Lee (KAIST)

13:30 top pair - theory

Speaker: Aleksandr Azatov (CERN)

Slides tt_aa_Azatov.pdf

14:15 top pair - experimental

Speaker: James Edward Ferrando (University of Glasgow (GB))

15:00 top pair - discussion

15:30 → 16:00 Coffee break

16:00 → 18:00 Summary session

Convener: Seung Lee (KAIST)

16:00 Summary - theory

Speaker: Giuliano Panico (CERN)

Slides Talk_Weizmann.pdf

16:45 Summary - experimental

Speaker: Markus Schumacher (Albert-Ludwigs-Universitaet Freiburg (DE))