Illuminating New Physics with the Higgs boson at the CMS Experiment

by Dr Suman Chatterjee (DESY, Germany)

Tuesday 17 Jun 2025, 11:00 → 13:00 Asia/Kolkata

AG 69 (TIFR, Mumbai)

The discovery of the Higgs boson at the LHC in 2012 marked a major milestone in establishing the standard model of particle physics. Since then, the CMS experiment has been conducting comprehensive searches for physics beyond the standard model using the Higgs boson as a beacon for discovery. If new physics exists at energy scales accessible by the LHC, direct production of additional Higgs boson-like particles is anticipated. Conversely, if it lies just beyond the LHC’s energy reach, it may manifest as subtle modifications in Higgs boson production rate and kinematics. In this talk, I will present contributions to both avenues of new physics searches involving the Higgs boson, incorporating cutting-edge techniques developed outside the collaboration and applied to LHC data. I will conclude with future plans on leveraging current and upcoming data to maximize the prospects of discovering new physics at the LHC.