Cosmology and New Physics

A comparison of the standard models in particle physics and in cosmology demonstrates that they are not compatible, though both are well established. Basics of modern cosmology are briefly reviewed. It is argued that the measurements of the main cosmological parameters are achieved through many independent physical phenomena and this minimizes possible interpretation errors. It is shown that astronomy demands new physics beyond the frameworks of the (minimal) standard model in particle physics. More revolutionary modifications of the basic principles of the theory are also discussed.Comment: 37 pages, 5 figures; lectures presented at 9th International Moscow School of Physics (34th ITEP Winter School

Higgs Physics as a Proble of New Physics

The discovery of the Higgs boson at the LHC has opened the door to clarify the mechanism of electroweak symmetry breaking and the origin of masses of particles. The Higgs sector in the SM is the simplest but has no theoretical principle, so that there is a possibility of non-minimal Higgs sectors. While the standard model is not contradict with the current data at the LHC within the error, most of extended Higgs sectors can also reproduce the data. An extended Higgs sector often appears in a new physics model beyond the standard model, so that we can determine new physics from the Higgs sector. In this talk, we discuss various aspects of extended Higgs sectors, in particular its phenomenological properties and testability at future experiments at the International Linear Collider.Comment: 6 pages, 3 figures, prepared for Proceedings of LC13 Workshop: exploring QCD from the infrared regime to heavy flavour scales at B-factories, the LHC and a Linear Collider, 16-20 September 2013, ECT*, Villa Tambosi, Villazzano (TN), Ital