Conveners
Invited Overview Talks / Hauptvorträge
- Elisabetta Gallo-Voss (CMS (CMS Fachgruppe HIGGS))
Invited Overview Talks / Hauptvorträge
- Markus Cristinziani (Universität Siegen)
Invited Overview Talks / Hauptvorträge
- Kathrin Valerius (KCETA, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
Invited Overview Talks / Hauptvorträge
- Marco Gersabeck (Uni Freiburg)
The precise measurement of neutrino masses represents a critical frontier in particle physics, with implications that extend beyond the Standard Model and into cosmology. Direct neutrino mass measurements are uniquely model-independent and critical for cross-validating of other approaches. The Karlsruhe Tritium Neutrino (KATRIN) experiment, employing beta-decay spectroscopy to measure the...
The Higgs boson holds a unique position within the Standard Model of Particle Physics; it is the only known fundamental spin-0 particle and it has intrinsic links to the mass-generation mechanisms of fundamental particles and to the evolution of the Universe. It could hold a crucial key to unlocking access to yet unknown physics.
This talk will present the latest results of Higgs-boson...
Together with the data taken at the LHC and the increasing number of physics analyses performed on this data, the capacity of the WLCG has grown continuously in the past. We look back on a time when the market offered data storage and computing power at a lower price year after year and thus the growing demand for resources could be covered even with a flat budget. This trend has weakened or...
Silicon detectors play a crucial role in modern particle physics experiments, highly performing in demanding environments. Many planned experiments put ever higher requirements on these detectors in terms of radiation dose, hit, data and trigger rates, timing, radiation length and more.
In my presentation I will talk about recent advances in the design of silicon detectors and detail how...
Axions and axion-like particles (ALPs) are hypothetical particles predicted in extensions of the Standard Model (SM) of particle physics. Originally proposed as a solution to the strong CP problem in strong interactions, axions have since gained prominence due to their potential role as dark matter candidates. ALPs, more broadly, arise in various beyond-the-SM theories, such as string theory....
Coherent elastic neutrino nucleus scattering (CEvNS) refers to the standard model process when the neutrino interacts with the nucleus as a whole. The cross section is enhanced by the neutron number squared of the target nucleus, which is ideal for a precision test of the standard model and to look for physics beyond the standard model. Neutrino energies below 50 MeV are required for a...
The decade since the first detection of gravitational waves brought about several transformational discoveries. The LIGO and Virgo observatories detected more and heavier black holes than anticipated; the first detection of a neutron star merger through gravitational waves and across the electromagnetic spectrum provided invaluable insights on the production of the heaviest elements in the...
This talk reviews the present knowledge about neutrino properties, focusing on the determination of neutrino masses and PMNS mixing angles. I will review the implications of global data on neutrino oscillations and discuss the results of latest global fits, and I comment on expected near-term developements. For the determination of the absolute neutrino mass, complementary inforamtion is...
With the first two runs of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) successfully completed, and Run 3 currently underway at an unprecedented center-of-mass energy of 13.6 TeV, the experiments at the LHC continue to collect a wealth of data for physics analysis. Following the discovery of the final component of the Standard Model (SM)—the Higgs boson—in 2012, the LHC physics program has entered an era...
The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) is conducting by far the most comprehensive survey of galaxy distances to date. Its primary goal is a precision measurement of the expansion of the Universe over the past 10 billion years. This expansion may reveal more about the nature of one of the biggest mysteries of modern physics, the late-time accelerating effect called Dark Energy.
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The High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) is an array of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes that has been used to observe the sky in TeV γ rays since 2004. Thanks to its unique location in the Southern Hemisphere and several upgrades to the system, the experiment continues to enable cutting-edge astrophysics despite its age. In this contribution, I will review the latest H.E.S.S....
Physics and artificial intelligence (AI) are interconnected. The recent Nobel Prize for Physics has once again revealed this productive connection. While physics concepts laid the foundation for today's neural networks, these algorithms, in turn, enable efficient physics analyses with exceptional precision. This emerging technology opens new perspectives for the data-intensive research field...
The unprecedented data collected during proton-proton collisions at 13 and 13.6 TeV by the CERN LHC have significantly advanced our understanding of the top quark, the heaviest known elementary particle. This talk will highlight recent results on top quarks from the ATLAS and CMS collaborations, including precise determinations of key properties such as its mass and the production rates of...
The study of the different flavors of quarks and leptons may answer some of the most interesting questions of particle physics, including explaining why the visible universe is built only of matter, not antimatter, and discovering new particles and forces not yet known to us. The Belle II and LHCb experiments, located at KEK in Tsukuba, Japan and at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland, precisely...
