2015 CAP Congress / Congrès de l'ACP 2015

The Higgs Boson, 3 years after the discovery

18 Jun 2015, 11:15

30m

CCIS L2-190 (University of Alberta)

Plenary Speaker / Conférencier plénier R-MEDAL CAP Medal Talk - Pierre Savard, U. Toronto / TRIUMF (CAP-TRIUMF Vogt Medal Recipient/Récipiendaire de la médaille Vogt de l'ACP-TRIUMF)

Speaker

Pierre Savard (University of Toronto (CA))

Description

In July of 2012, the discovery of a new particle consistent with the Standard Model Higgs boson was announced. Following the discovery, additional data were collected and the experiments improved the calibration of the detectors and their analysis techniques. In this talk, I will present an updated description of our understanding of the Higgs boson and discuss future research plans as the Large Hadron Collider begins its second run at a higher energy.