Flavor Physics, Dr. Andreas Crivellin (CERN)

Thursday Dec 10, 2015, 3:15 PM → 5:15 PM Pacific/Honolulu

112 (Watanabe)

The Standard Model (SM) of particle physics possesses three generations of fundamental matter particles (i.e. flavours) whose interactions are mediated via force particles. The SM has generations of fundamental matter particles (i.e. flavours) whose interactions are mediated via force particles. The SM has been recently completed by the discovery of the Higgs boson and no other new particles were discovered so far. Complementary to direct searches at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), one can also search for physics beyond the SM with the precision study of flavour changing transitions, i.e. with "flavour physics". In this talk I give an introduction to flavour physics within and beyond the SM. After discussing the theoretical and experimental status, I focus on some deviations from the SM expectations recently observed at the LHC and show how these deviations can be used in the pursuit of new physics. This colloquium is intended to be accessible to the full range of physicists.

Slides Crivellin_colloquium.pdf Crivellin_colloquium.ppt