Higgs physics at the LHC: beyond the Standard Model

by Tilman PLEHN (CERN-TH)

Friday 29 Nov 2002, 14:00 → 15:00 Europe/Zurich

TH Auditorium (CERN)

The search for the origin of electroweak symmetry breaking at the LHC is fundamentally linked to the question about new physics. Therefore the search for a light Higgs boson, as preferred by precision data, will certainly be the first (but not the final) experimental challenge. For example, in the case of supersymmetry, one not only has to measure the mass and couplings of the light Higgs boson; to establish a two Higgs doublet model, it is necessary to find the heavier Higgs states. The LHC is very well suited for this task. I will give a brief overview of recent developments in Higgs physics at the LHC, with an emphasis on Higgs sectors beyond the Standard Model. Then I will present in detail the theoretical basis and the SUSY-QCD corrections to the charged Higgs boson production in association with a top quark.

Note: In the case of unavailability of the TH Conference Room, this talk will take place in Room 40-S2-B01.