The Higgs and the Nature of Supersymmetry
The search for the Higgs boson is currently at the center stage of
the particle-physics program. With its anticipated discovery, its
mass, and eventually couplings, will be measured. As we shall
argue, these measurements will provide new avenues for deciphering
the ultraviolet physics underlying the Standard Model. We will
examine the relations between the Higgs boson and the ultraviolet
theory in the context of supersymmetry. After a brief review of
supersymmetry phenomenology and of the corresponding Higgs sector,
we will discuss examples in which the the Higgs mass and/or
couplings are intimately linked to the ultraviolet physics and
hence, encode information about the ultraviolet theory and the
possible realizations of supersymmetry.
hep group
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