Read article 'Targeting a Higgs factory'
Targeting a Higgs factory
An electron–positron Higgs factory following the LHC would significantly expand our knowledge about this unique and mysterious elementary scalar.
Read article 'Targeting a Higgs factory'
Read article 'How to find a Higgs boson'
How to find a Higgs boson
Ivo van Vulpen’s popular book isn’t an airy pamphlet cashing in on the 2012 discovery, but a realistic representation of what it’s like to be a particle physicist.
Read article 'One Higgs, three discoveries'
One Higgs, three discoveries
The ATLAS and CMS collaborations have not only discovered a new particle, argues Yosef Nir, but also laid bare the underpinnings of electroweak interactions and uncovered the first evidence for a new ...
Read article 'Turning the screw on H → μμ'
Turning the screw on H → μμ
The first evidence for the coupling of the Higgs boson to a second-generation fermion has been reported at the LHC.
Read article 'ICHEP’s online success'
ICHEP’s online success
Advances in Higgs, flavour and neutrino physics were among the highlights of ICHEP 2020, writes Mark Thomson.
Read article 'The LHC as a photon collider'
The LHC as a photon collider
The ATLAS collaboration has made the first observation of the photo-production of W-boson pairs.
Read article 'Vector-boson scattering probes quartic coupling'
Vector-boson scattering probes quartic coupling
The observation of the electroweak production of W±W±, WZ and ZZ boson pairs is an essential milestone towards precision tests at the LHC.
Read article 'LHC physics shines amid COVID-19 crisis'
LHC physics shines amid COVID-19 crisis
Originally scheduled to be held in Paris, the fully online conference brought together a particularly large and diverse group of participants.
Read article 'Boosting top-quark measurements'
Boosting top-quark measurements
CMS has made a novel measurement of the top-quark mass by reconstructing boosted top quarks as single jets.
Read article 'Tau pairs speed search for heavy Higgs bosons'
Tau pairs speed search for heavy Higgs bosons
A new ATLAS analysis cuts a swathe into the parameter space for one well-motivated alternative electroweak symmetry breaking sector.
