Higgs Hunting 2024
200/0-Auditorium - Auditorium P. Lehmann
IJCLab

The origin of Electroweak symmetry breaking is one of the central topics of research in fundamental physics. The discovery of a Higgs boson at CERN on July 4th, 2012, following a hunt that spanned several decades and multiple colliders, changed the landscape of these investigations and provided key evidence for the Brout-Englert-Higgs mechanism of mass generation through the spontaneous breaking of Electroweak symmetry.
More than ten years later, the hunt goes on several fronts, in particular for:
- New physics through precision studies of the properties of the Higgs boson : in particular its mass, spin and couplings to other Standard Model particles.
- New production and decay modes, in particular in processes involving multiple Higgs bosons which provide key insight into the shape of the Higgs potential.
- New Higgs-like states and signals for physics beyond the Standard Model.
The 14th workshop of the « Higgs Hunting » series organized on September 23-25 2024 will present an overview of these topics, focusing in particular on new developments in the LHC Run-2 analyses, detailed studies of Higgs boson properties and possible deviations from Standard Model predictions. Highlights will also include a first look at LHC Run-3 analyses, prospects from studies at future colliders, and recent theoretical developments.
The workshop will be held in person in Orsay, for the first day, and Paris, for the two following days, to continue the Higgs Hunting tradition of lively discussions during and after the sessions. Remote participation will also be made possible for those unable to attend in person. No registration fees are asked for remote participation.
Zoom link: https://ijclab.zoom.us/j/94890955802
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We honor his memory and his contributions to our field and express our deepest condolences to his family. |
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The Higgs Hunting workshop, which owes its name to Peter Higgs, expresses its deepest condolences to his family. |
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The Higgs Hunting workshop expresses its deepest condolences to his family. |
Registration deadline: September 2nd, 2024

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Registration (with coffee and croissants) 200/0-Auditorium - Auditorium P. Lehmann
200/0-Auditorium - Auditorium P. Lehmann
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Prelude by the organizers 200/0-Auditorium - Auditorium P. Lehmann
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Plenary: Theory overview 200/0-Auditorium - Auditorium P. Lehmann
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IJCLab Orsay (Monday) & APC Paris (Tuesday & Wednesday)236Show room on mapConvener: Giovanni Petrucciani (CERN)-
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Higgs production: A theory overviewSpeaker: Stephen Jones (IPPP Durham)
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Plenary: General combinations (Mass, width, CP + couplings) 200/0-Auditorium - Auditorium P. LehmannConvener: Giovanni Petrucciani (CERN)
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Mass, width and CP measurements - ATLASSpeaker: Valerie Lang (Albert Ludwigs Universitaet Freiburg)
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Mass, width and CP measurements - CMSSpeaker: Fabio Iemmi (Inst. of High Energy Physics)
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Coupling measurements - ATLASSpeaker: George Iakovidis (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
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Coupling measurements - CMSSpeaker: Tiziano Bevilacqua (PSI)
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Higgs combinations: 3 transparencies of comparisonSpeaker: Giovanni Petrucciani (CERN)
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Discussion including prospects for ATLAS+CMS combinations
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Lunch Bures cafeteria (Orsay)
Bures cafeteria
Orsay
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Topical talks: Part 1 200/0-Auditorium - Auditorium P. Lehmann
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IJCLab Orsay (Monday) & APC Paris (Tuesday & Wednesday)236Show room on mapConvener: Valentina Cairo (CERN)-
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Interference effects in gg → H → Zγ beyond leading orderSpeaker: Federico Buccioni (Tech, Univ. Munich)
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Higgs boson fiducial XS at √s=13.6 TeV with the CMS detectorSpeaker: Nico Harringer (ETH Zürich)
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Improvements in the measurement of VBF and ttH production with H->𝛕𝛕 in ATLASSpeaker: Enrique Valiente Moreno (Univ. of Valencia and CSIC)
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Higgs photoproductionSpeaker: Laboni Manna (Warsaw University of Technology)
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Plenary: Higgs Self Coupling 200/0-Auditorium - Auditorium P. LehmannConvener: Valentina Cairo (CERN)
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Di-Higgs production and the Higgs self-coupling: Theory IntroductionSpeaker: Ramona Groeber (Università and INFN Padova)
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Higgs Self Coupling - CMSSpeaker: Agni Bethani (Univ. Catholique de Louvain)
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Higgs Self Coupling - ATLASSpeaker: Zhijun Liang (Chinese Academy of Sciences)
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Discussion including prospects for ATLAS+CMS combinations
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Coffee break 200/0-Auditorium - Auditorium P. Lehmann
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Plenary: The Higgs Boson and Cosmology 200/0-Auditorium - Auditorium P. Lehmann
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IJCLab Orsay (Monday) & APC Paris (Tuesday & Wednesday)236Show room on mapConvener: Tatsuya Masubuchi (Osaka/Tokyo)-
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The Higgs Boson and CosmologySpeaker: Bibhushan Shakya (DESY)
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Topical talks: Part 2 200/0-Auditorium - Auditorium P. Lehmann
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IJCLab Orsay (Monday) & APC Paris (Tuesday & Wednesday)236Show room on mapConvener: Tatsuya Masubuchi (Osaka/Tokyo)-
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Inert Doublet ModelsSpeaker: Anupam Ghosh (Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad)
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Searching for Higgs Boson Pairs in the bb𝛕𝛕 Final State with the ATLAS Experiment with Run 2 and beyondSpeaker: Florian Haslbeck (University of Oxford)
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Combination of X->HH/YH searches at CMS with Run2 dataSpeaker: Élise Jourd'Huy (IPN, IN2P3-CNRS, UCB Lyon 1)
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Historical talks 200/0-Auditorium - Auditorium P. Lehmann
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Herwig, QCD and the Higgs bosonSpeaker: Bryan Webber (University of Cambridge)
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Welcome drink 200/0-Auditorium - Auditorium P. Lehmann
200/0-Auditorium - Auditorium P. Lehmann
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IJCLab Orsay (Monday) & APC Paris (Tuesday & Wednesday)236Show room on map
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Coffee APC Paris
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Prelude by the organizers APC Paris
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Plenary: BSM and rare H(125) decays APC Paris
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Rare Higgs boson decays: Light Yukawas, FCNC, BSM, and moreSpeaker: David d' Enterria (CERN)
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Search for BSM Scalar Bosons at ATLASSpeaker: Erich Varnes (University of Arizona)
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Additional scalar bosons - CMS (by Zoom)Speaker: Efe Yazgan (National Taiwan University)
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BSM and rare H(125) decays - ATLASSpeaker: Huacheng Cai (University of Pittsburgh)
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Lunch buffet APC Paris
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High-precision measurement of the W boson mass at CMSSpeaker: Andrew Gilbert (LLR / CNRS / École Polytechnique (FR))
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Topical talks: Part 3 APC Paris
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Search for a resonance decaying into a scalar particle and a Higgs boson in the final state with two bottom quarks and two photons in proton-proton at 13 TeV with the ATLAS detectorSpeaker: Maxime Fernoux (CPPM, Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS/IN2P3)
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Search for exotic decays of the Higgs Boson to a pair of pseudoscalars at CMSSpeaker: Lakshmi Pramod (DESY)
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Boosted Higgs decays to b-quarks in ATLASSpeaker: Marion Missio (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics)
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Search for pseudoscalars and scalars decaying to top quark pairs with CMS Run 2Speakers: Samuel Baxter (DESY), Samuel Baxter (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), CMS)
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Up and down the simulation chain with neural networksSpeaker: Anja Butter (LPNHE Paris)
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Search for a light CP-odd Higgs boson decaying into a pair of leptonically decaying tauSpeakers: Manuel Gutsche (Technische Universität Dresden), Manuel Gutsche (TU Dresden)
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Coffee break APC Paris
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Plenary: Effective Field Theories APC Paris
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Theory introduction to the SMEFT frameworkSpeaker: Tevong You (King's College London)
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EFT - CMSSpeaker: Lourdes Urda (LLR, Ecole Polytech., IN2P3-CNRS)
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3 transparencies of comparisonSpeaker: Sandra Kortner (Max Planck Society (DE))
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Topical talks: Part 4 APC Paris
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Mapping the SMEFT one-loop structure of linear Standard Model extensionsSpeaker: John Gargalionis (IFIC and University of Valencia)
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Top-quark pair production and anomalous Higgs interactionsSpeaker: Simone Tentori (UCLouvain)
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Plenary: Vision talk APC Paris
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On-shell visions for Higgs physicsSpeaker: Lance Dixon (SLAC)
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Direction to dinner place
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Dinner
La Dame de Canton, 5 Port de la Gare, 75013 Paris
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Prelude by the organisers APC Paris
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Plenary: Higgs physics at HL-LHC APC Paris
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CMS Phase 2 upgradeSpeaker: Federico De Guio (INFN Milano-Bicocca)
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Theory prospects for HL-LHCSpeaker: Yevgeny Kats (Ben-Gurion University)
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New analysis methods and physics prospects for HL-LHC - ATLASSpeaker: Sam Van Stroud (UCL)
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New analysis methods and physics prospects for HL-LHC - CMSSpeaker: Maxime GOUZEVITCH (IP2I Lyon)
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Prelude by the organisers 200/0-Auditorium - Auditorium P. Lehmann
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Topical talks: Part 5 APC Paris
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Higgs physics at FCC-eeSpeaker: Louis Portales (CEA)
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Multi-Higgs Production in the BSM: Implications for Electroweak Phase Transitions and Future Collider ProspectsSpeaker: Wrishik Naskar (Glasgow)
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Next-to-Leading Order Unitarity Fits in the (Extended) Georgi-Machacek ModelSpeaker: Poulami Mondal (IIT Kanpur)
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Theory concluding talkSpeaker: Kirill Melnikov (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
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Experimental concluding talkSpeaker: Kerstin Tackmann (DESY)
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Robert Aymar passed away on September 23 rd 2024. The Higgs Hunting Community would like to pay tribute to a visionary leader whose impact on high-energy physics has been profound. As CERN's Director-General from 2004 to 2008, he oversaw the final stages of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) construction, a monumental project that paved the way for the discovery of the higgs boson in 2012. His dedication to advancing science, fostering international collaboration, and pushing the boundaries of human knoledge will continue to inspire generations of physicists.
Peter Higgs passed away on April 8th 2024. In the 1960s, Peter Higgs, and others, proposed that spontaneous symmetry breaking could provide masses for the mediators of the weak interactions, the W and Z bosons. One major prediction of this idea is the existence of a new particle, now called the Higgs boson, which was finally discovered at CERN in 2012. We now know that the Higgs field is most probably at the origin of the masses of all elementary particles. The three papers written by Peter Higgs between 1964 and 1966 are part of the foundations of the Standard Model and among the most influential ones in particle physics and beyond.
Ulrich Ellwanger passed away on August 7th 2024. He was emeritus professor at Paris-Saclay , a frequent