Manfred Kraus, UNAM Mexico, [HET Theory Seminar], Theory Challenges for Top-Quarks -- Phenomenology at the HL-LHC precision frontier

US/Eastern
Small Seminar Room (https://bnl.zoomgov.com/j/1605506805?pwd=AA9rwL4hM5AwG2b0zEwDdXjzhvJjSz.1)

Small Seminar Room

https://bnl.zoomgov.com/j/1605506805?pwd=AA9rwL4hM5AwG2b0zEwDdXjzhvJjSz.1

Description

The top-quark, the heaviest elementary particle in the Standard Model, holds a unique position in particle physics. Its large mass places it at the heart of improving our understanding of the electroweak symmetry breaking and provides an excellent probe for Physics beyond the Standard Model. This talk explores the phenomenology of the top quark and how top quarks can address the remaining open questions in the Standard Model. As top quarks are abundantly produced at the Large Hadron Collider, its physics program can deliver discoveries through a precise study of top-quark observables. Crucially, this requires theoretical predictions with uncertainties that at least match the experimental ones, pushing the limits of state-of-the-art theoretical calculations. In this light I will pay particular emphasis on the discussion of our effort and progress in pushing the precision frontier for the ttH process.

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