Top Quark Physics at LHC: Run I results and Run II opportunities
by
Marino Romano(BO)
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Europe/Rome
Sala riunioni teorici (Dep. of Physics and Astronomy)
Sala riunioni teorici
Dep. of Physics and Astronomy
Via Irnerio 46
Description
The top quark is the haviest known fundamental particle. Its unexplained large mass suggests an important connection to the electroweak symmetry breaking mechanism and it is the basis of a rich set of links to possible new particles and interactions that could appear at the LHC.
Unprecedentedly abundant top quark production in proton-proton collisions at the Large Hadron Collider allows precise measurements of top quark properties and its connection to the Higgs boson, as well as studies of physics processes beyond the standard model.
In this talk, a review of the most recent and significant results in top physics using data collected at the LHC at a center of mass energy of 7 and 8 TeV will be presented. Prospects for the extension and improvement of top-related measurements at 13 TeV will also be shown.
