Just beyond our reach Standard model effective field theory interpretation of ATLAS combined measurements

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Authors
Supervisors
Cosupervisors
  • L. Brenner
Award date 20-02-2026
ISBN
  • 9789465341224
Number of pages 204
Organisations
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Institute of Physics (IoP) - Institute for High Energy Physics (IHEF)
Abstract
The Standard Model Effective Field Theory (SMEFT) framework offers an effective approach to interpret measurements and detect potential physics beyond the Standard Model. By combining measurements of cross sections, branching ratios, and kinematic distributions, we can thoroughly test the Standard Model while avoiding assumptions about the nature of new physics.
My thesis discusses the SMEFT interpretation results of the most recent combined Higgs measurements from the ATLAS detector's Run 2, published on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Higgs boson discovery, and the first global EFT analysis performed by the ATLAS collaboration.
The first analysis presents an extensive characterisation of the Higgs boson's properties, including the interpretation of the input measurements in terms of UV models such as Two Higgs Doublet Models (2HDM), the first EFT-to-UV matching results published by ATLAS. The second analysis, with a large set of input measurements spanning all the different sectors of the ATLAS physics program, is to date the most extensive EFT interpretation of combined measurements in ATLAS, and a comprehensive test of the SM predictions.
Document type PhD thesis
Language English
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