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SUMMARY:The long road to the Higgs boson - Professor Sir Tejinder Virdee\,
  Imperial College London
DTSTART:20181010T190000Z
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CONTACT:Fionn Bishop
DESCRIPTION:The discovery in July 2012 of the Higgs boson at the Large Had
 ron Collider (LHC)\, one of the most important of this new century\, compl
 etes the particle content of the standard model (SM) of particle physics\,
  a theory that describes our visible universe in exquisite detail.\nAt the
  Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN\, Geneva we can probe Nature moments 
 after the Big Bang to tackle the questions about the origin\, evolution an
 d composition of our universe. These include: What is the origin of mass? 
 What constitutes dark matter? How many dimensions of space and time do we 
 live in? Why is the universe composed of matter and not antimatter? The an
 swers have the potential of altering our perception of how Nature operates
  at the fundamental level.\nThis talk will briefly outline the theoretical
  and experimental work that led to the creation of the SM and discuss the 
 journey to the discovery of the Higgs boson\, and look ahead. The CMS expe
 riment at the LHC will be used as an example to briefly recall the physics
  aims\, outline some of the challenges faced during its construction\, and
  major physics results produced so far\, including the searches for widely
  anticipated new physics beyond the SM. It is known that the SM is only a 
 low energy manifestation of a more complete theory. Discovery of new funda
 mental physics should illuminate the road ahead to the cherished goal of a
  unified theory of all physical phenomena in Nature.\nThe talk will also t
 ouch upon the societal impact of fundamental research\, CERN and the LHC.
LOCATION:Wolfson Lecture Theatre\,  Department of Chemistry\, Lensfield Ro
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