Abstract

The Standard Model has been an incredibly successful theory of fundamental physics for several decades. With a limited set of free parameters, a cornucopia of observable phenomena have been predicted and found to agree well with experimental data. Nevertheless, we know there must be physics beyond that in the Standard Model. The problem is we do not know where it is yet.

In this seminar I will discuss indirect measurements as a tool for discovery, where we look for the imprints of heavy particles in low energy phenomena. In particular I will pay attention to some recent results from LHCb, in the area of electroweak penguin decays, that provide tantalising hints for physics beyond the Standard Model. I will conclude by discussing the prospects for such measurements in the near future and what new experimental avenues we can pursue to keep the field moving forward as the next generation of large high energy physics projects come into view.