PhD Defenses

PHYSICS DISSERTATION DEFENSE: Jannicke Pearkes

Date
Thu December 1st 2022, 10:00 - 11:00am
Location
Paul Allen Building 101X

When built, the MAGIS-100 atom interferometer will be the largest in the world. But it's still missing a key component: a detailed camera. Stanford University

Ph.D. Candidate:  Jannicke Pearkes

Research Advisors: 
Caterina Vernieri and Su Dong

Date: December 1st, 2022
Time: 10 AM PDT

Location: Paul Allen Building 101X


Zoom Link:  
https://stanford.zoom.us/j/93593244624

Zoom Password: Email nickswan [at] stanford.edu (nickswan[at]stanford[dot]edu) for password.

 

Title: 
Higgs pair production searches with the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider



Abstract: 
Exploring the Higgs potential and electroweak symmetry breaking is one of the main goals of the LHC. Higgs pair production (HH) provides experimental access to the shape of Higgs potential and is the only direct probe of the Higgs self-coupling in proton-proton collisions. In this talk, I will discuss the search for HH production in the 𝑏𝑏𝛾𝛾 channel with the ATLAS experiment at the LHC. I will also present the latest joint results in which the 𝑏𝑏𝛾𝛾, 𝑏𝑏𝜏𝜏 and 𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏 channels were combined to produce the most stringent limits on Standard Model HH production and the Higgs self-coupling to date. Based on these recent results, I will also discuss our projected sensitivity to HH production at the HL-LHC.