Thursday, March 9, 2023, 16:00
OSGA/EG06
Margarete Mühlleitner, KIT
Abstract:
Despite the successful structural completion of the Standard Model (SM)
of particle physics through the discovery of the Higgs boson, questions
remain open that cannot be answered within the SM. Among these, two of
the most prominent ones are those for the nature of Dark Matter (DM) and
why there is more matter than antimatter in the universe. Extended Higgs
sectors beyond the SM have the potential to answer these questions in
specific regions of their parameter space. So far, unfortunately, we do
not have any direct sign of new physics. In this situation the role of
the Higgs boson becomes extremely important as a dissection tool in our
search for physics beyond the SM. I will highlight in my talk the
special role of the Higgs boson and how it may guide our way in our
quest for the model that allows us to describe nature and help us to
understand the true picture behind it.