Higgs Physics in the Standard Model and Beyond

An Introduction with Exercises
Erscheinungsjahr 2027
ISBN: 978-3-032-46537-5
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm

Reihe: Lecture Notes in Physics

This textbook provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to modern Higgs physics for graduate students and early-career researchers with a foundation in quantum field theory. Designed as a bridge between coursework and research, it equips readers with the knowledge required to engage with contemporary developments in particle physics.

The book begins with a discussion of the Standard Model, emphasizing the mechanism of electroweak symmetry breaking, the role of the Higgs boson, and the current and future physics program of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). It then explores a variety of well-motivated scenarios beyond the Standard Model, including two-Higgs-doublet models, composite Higgs models, extra-dimensional frameworks, and Little Higgs theories.

The later chapters introduce the Standard Model Effective Field Theory as a framework for studying possible deviations from the Standard Model. The discussion then turns to the role of the Higgs field in the early Universe, covering finite-temperature effects, cosmological phase transitions, and their possible gravitational-wave signatures. The connection between electroweak phase transitions and the origin of the matter-antimatter asymmetry is also explored. Throughout the text, exercises reinforce key concepts and help readers develop the understanding needed to engage with current research.

Largely self-contained and pedagogically structured, this book serves both as a graduate-level textbook and as a valuable reference for researchers interested in Higgs physics, physics beyond the Standard Model, and its connections to early-Universe cosmology.

Zielgruppe

Graduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Coleppa, Baradhwaj

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein Theoretische Physik, Mathematische Physik, Computerphysik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik Teilchenphysik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Elements of the Standard Mode.- The Standard Model Higgs Boson.- Multi-Higgs Doublet Models.- New Perspectives on the Higgs Boson.- Effective Field Theory Approaches to Higgs Physics.- Finite-Temperature Higgs Physics and Cosmological Phase Transitions.- Astrophysical Imprints of Extended Higgs Sectors.

Über Autor(innen)

Baradhwaj Coleppa received his PhD in Particle Physics from Michigan State University in 2009. Following postdoctoral appointments at Carleton University and at the University of Arizona, he joined the Department of Physics at the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, where he is currently a faculty member. His research focuses on Higgs physics and extensions of the Standard Model, with particular interests in extended Higgs sectors, collider phenomenology, and cosmological phase transitions in the early Universe. He has taught a wide range of undergraduate and graduate physics courses and has a particular interest in making modern particle physics accessible to students entering the field.