Skip to main content
Go to the home page of the European Commission (opens in new window)
English English
CORDIS - EU research results
CORDIS
Content archived on 2024-06-18

Search and study of the Higgs bosons at the LHC

Objective

The major issue and the forefront research activity in particle physics today
is the exploration of the mechanism that generates the elementary particle
masses. In the Standard Model that describes three of the four basic forces in
nature - the electromagnetic, weak and strong interactions - this fundamental
mechanism leads to the existence of a new type of particle, the Higgs boson,
which has escaped detection so far. The discovery of this particle, which will
have a paramount importance and far-reaching implications, is the major goal of
the CERN Large Hadron Collider which recently started operation after 20 years
of preparation. The observation of the Higgs boson at the LHC and the
determination of its fundamental properties will be the essential issue
addressed by the present research project. A comprehensive investigation of the
various Higgs boson detection channels at the LHC, production mechanisms and
decay modes, as well as the major sources of backgrounds will be performed in
a way that is as close as possible to the experimental conditions. Precise
theoretical predictions, including higher order quantum effects, will be
provided and the associated uncertainties will be assessed. The implications of
observing the Higgs particle for the Standard Model and for new physics beyond
it, such as supersymmetric theories and models with extra space-time
dimensions, will be investigated in detail. Besides the Principal Investigator
who will devote 80% of his time on the project, the research team will be
formed by theoretical physicists from three laboratories in the Paris area, LPT
Orsay, LPTHE Jussieu and IPhT Saclay, as well as a staff member of the CERN
Theory Unit. This group will be completed by the six postdoctoral fellows and
two PhD students that will be appointed. The duration of the project, five
years, will crucially coincide with the period in which the LHC is expected to
make major breakthroughs in the field under investigation.

Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)

CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: https://op.europa.eu/en/web/eu-vocabularies/euroscivoc.

You need to log in or register to use this function

Topic(s)

Calls for proposals are divided into topics. A topic defines a specific subject or area for which applicants can submit proposals. The description of a topic comprises its specific scope and the expected impact of the funded project.

Call for proposal

Procedure for inviting applicants to submit project proposals, with the aim of receiving EU funding.

ERC-2012-ADG_20120216
See other projects for this call

Funding Scheme

Funding scheme (or “Type of Action”) inside a programme with common features. It specifies: the scope of what is funded; the reimbursement rate; specific evaluation criteria to qualify for funding; and the use of simplified forms of costs like lump sums.

ERC-AG - ERC Advanced Grant

Host institution

CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS
EU contribution
€ 1 160 005,18
Address
RUE MICHEL ANGE 3
75794 Paris
France

See on map

Region
Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Hauts-de-Seine
Activity type
Research Organisations
Links
Total cost

The total costs incurred by this organisation to participate in the project, including direct and indirect costs. This amount is a subset of the overall project budget.

No data

Beneficiaries (1)

My booklet 0 0