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SUMMARY:The hunt for non-resonant signals of new physics at the LHC - Ilar
 ia Brivio (Zurich)
DTSTART:20221014T150000Z
DTEND:20221014T160000Z
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CONTACT:Maeve Madigan
DESCRIPTION:10 years after the discovery of the Higgs boson\, the LHC is g
 earing up for two more decades of operations\, during which it will evolve
  into a precision machine. Amidst a shortage of particle discoveries\, pre
 cision will allow the implementation of new strategies to search for new p
 hysics\, aiming for non-resonant signals. This is the main motivation unde
 rlying the huge development in Effective Field Theory (EFT) methods that h
 as been taking place in the past decade.\nIn particular\, the Standard Mod
 el EFT (SMEFT) is now established as the preferred framework for non-reson
 ant searches of heavy new particles. Significant progress has been made on
  both the theory and experimental sides\, towards enabling a comprehensive
  campaign of SMEFT measurements at the LHC. At the same time\, non-resonan
 t signals could also help shedding light onto quite different scenarios: i
 n some cases\, they can be produced even in the presence of light new phys
 ics\, such as Axion-Like Particles (ALPs).\nThe talk will broadly discuss 
 the role played by non-resonant searches in the quest for new physics\, gi
 ving first an overview of the status of the SMEFT program\, and presenting
  in the second part a concrete example of non-resonant signals induced by 
 ALPs. The interplay with resonant/direct searches will be discussed for bo
 th cases\, and I will briefly present the challenges and prospects for the
  upcoming LHC Run 3.
LOCATION:Potter Room (B1.19)
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