Prospect for the Higgs searches with the ATLAS detector

The investigation of the electroweak symmetry breaking is one of the primary tasks of the experiments at the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The potential of the ATLAS experiment for the discovery of the Higgs boson(s) in Standard Model and Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model is presented, with emphasis on studies which have been completed recently.Comment: Presented at Cracow Epiphany Conference on Hadron Interactions at the Dawn of the LHC, dedicated to memory of J. Kwiecinski, Krakow, Poland, 5-7 January 2009, 22page

Measurements of the Production, Decay and Properties of the Top Quark: A Review

With the full Tevatron Run II and early LHC data samples, the opportunity for furthering our understanding of the properties of the top quark has never been more promising. Although the current knowledge of the top quark comes largely from Tevatron measurements, the experiments at the LHC are poised to probe top-quark production and decay in unprecedented regimes. Although no current top quark measurements conclusively contradict predictions from the standard model, the precision of most measurements remains statistically limited. Additionally, some measurements, most notably the forward-backward asymmetry in top quark pair production, show tantalizing hints of beyond-the-Standard-Model dynamics. The top quark sample is growing rapidly at the LHC, with initial results now public. This review examines the current status of top quark measurements in the particular light of searching for evidence of new physics, either through direct searches for beyond the standard model phenomena or indirectly via precise measurements of standard model top quark properties

Search for the Higgs Boson in the Channel H→ZZ(*)→4l with the ATLAS Detector

The decay channel H→ZZ(∗)→4ℓ provides a clean signature for the Higgs boson in the mass range between ∼120 GeV/c2 and 2MZ, above which the gold-plated channel with two real Z bosons in the final state opens up. The signal cross section is several orders of magnitude smaller than those for the backgrounds, therefore a thorough understanding of the multi-lepton processes is needed to obtain a high background rejection. Crucial for this channel is a very good understanding of the trigger and detector response for lepton identification and reconstruction. In order to compute an exclusion limit, a good knowledge of the back- grounds as well as of the signal selection efficiency after all analysis cut is needed. The observability of the signal on top of the reducible t¯t, Zb¯b and W Z and of the irreducible Z Z backgrounds is discussed in detail, with particular emphasis on the lepton reconstruction. We evaluate the ATLAS discovery potential for the H → 4ℓ channel, including the most realistic and up-to-date description of the detector performance

Higgs measurement at e+e- circular colliders

Now that the mass of the Higgs boson is known, circular electron positron colliders, able to measure the properties of these particles with high accuracy, are receiving considerable attention. Design studies have been launched (i) at CERN with the Future Circular Colliders (FCC), of which an e+e- collider is a potential first step (FCC-ee, formerly caller TLEP) and (ii) in China with the Circular Electron Positron Collider (CEPC). Hosted in a tunnel of at least 50 km (CEPC) or 80-100 km (FCC), both projects can deliver very high luminosity from the Z peak to HZ threshold (CEPC) and even to the top pair threshold and above (FCC-ee). At the ZH production optimum, around 240 GeV, the FCC-ee (CEPC) will be able to deliver 10 (5) ab-1 integrated luminosity in 5 (10) years with 4 (2) interaction points: hence to produce millions of Higgs bosons through the Higgsstrahlung process and vector boson fusion processes. This sample opens the possibility of subper- cent precision absolute measurements of the Higgs boson couplings to fermions and to gauge-bosons, and of the Higgs boson width. These precision measurements are potentially sensitive to multi-TeV range new physics interacting with the scalar sector. The ZH production mechanism also gives access to the invisible or exotic branching ratios down to the per mil level, and with a more limited precision to the triple Higgs coupling. For the FCC-ee, the luminosity expected at the top pair production threshold (sqrt(s) ~ 340-350 GeV) further improves some of these accuracies significantly, and is sensitive to the Higgs boson coupling to the top quark.Comment: 6 pages. Report at ICHEP 201

QCD in hadron collisions

This talk examines recent progress in collider QCD and some facets of the interplay between these developments and searches for new particles and phenomena at the Tevatron and LHC.Comment: 9 pages, 4 figures, contribution to the proceedings of La Thuile 2012, the XXVI Rencontres de Physique de la Vall\'ee d'Aost

Recent results on Top quark Physics with the ATLAS and CMS experiments

An overview of the most recent results on top quark physics obtained using proton-proton collision data collected with the ATLAS and the CMS experiments at 7 TeV center-of-mass energy is given. Measurements for inclusive and differential top quark pair or single top quark production in different final states are reviewed. Top properties such as W helicity in top decays, electric charge, charge asymmetry and spin correlations of top quark pairs, among others have also been measured by the LHC experiments. All the measurements are found to be consistent with the Standard Model predictions with a good level of accuracy. The latest results in the measurement of the top quark mass at the LHC are also presented and discussed.Comment: Contribution to the proceedings the 47th Rencontres de Moriond Electroweak session 201

Summary of the Topical Workshop on Top Quark Differential Distributions 2014

We summarise the Topical Workshop on Top Quark Differential Distributions 2014, which took place in Cannes immediately before the annual Top2014 conference. The workshop was motivated by the availability of top quark differential distributions at NNLO and the forthcoming LHC 13 TeV data. The main goal of the workshop was to explore the impact of improved calculations of top quark production on precision LHC measurements, PDF determinations and searches for physics beyond the Standard Model, as well as finding ways in which the high precision data from ATLAS, CMS and LHCb can be used to further refine theoretical predictions for top production.Comment: 9 pages, 5 figures, proceedings of TOP2014, 7th International Workshop on Top-Quark Physics, Cannes, Franc