Description:

Despite the remarkable success of the standard model, there is strong evidence that it does not represent a complete description of nature's fundamental constituents. Since the discovery of the Higgs boson in 2012, a primary goal of LHC physics has been to search for these yet undiscovered particles. However, there is no guarantee that new particles lie within the mass range directly accessible by the LHC, which will not increase significantly throughout its remaining years of operation. Indirect methods of probing higher mass scales are thus becoming increasingly interesting and timely in the search for new physics at the energy frontier. One such approach is that of effective field theory (EFT), a flexible and relatively model-agnostic method of describing the off-shell effects of heavy new physics. This presentation will discuss how EFT is being used to search for the off-shell effects of new physics in the top quark sector and beyond.

Kelci Mohrman, Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Florida

Host: Michael Schmitt