Measurements of the Self-Interaction of the Higgs

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around the measurement of the self-interaction of the Higgs boson, exploring the availability of experiments and literature on the topic. Participants express curiosity about the lack of focus on this aspect in current research compared to other theories like supersymmetry.

Discussion Character

  • Exploratory, Technical explanation, Debate/contested

Main Points Raised

  • One participant notes the absence of planned experiments on Higgs self-interaction on the ATLAS site, suggesting that this measurement could indicate new physics if it deviates from predictions.
  • Another participant references specific papers (PRD94 052002, PRD92 092004, EPJC 75:412) that may contain relevant information on the topic.
  • A participant provides guidance on how to find the referenced papers using Google.
  • Another participant mentions that all LHC papers are freely available from publishers, not just on arXiv.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants express varying levels of knowledge and resources regarding the measurement of Higgs self-interaction, but there is no consensus on the availability or focus of current experiments.

Contextual Notes

Some participants may have differing assumptions about the significance of Higgs self-interaction measurements and the current research landscape, which remains unresolved.

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Hello Everyone, Hope you are all enjoying learning more and more about this wonderful world of Physics!

Is it that I am missing something somewhere, but when I searched the ATLAS site to find out what experiments were planned to measure the self-interaction of the Higgs, I could see nothing! It all seems to be about verifying supersymmetry and other new theories. One would think that knowing the self-interaction of the Higgs would signal new physics definitely if it were different from that which is predicted. It would be good to hear from a senior academic on this.

Best wishes and keep on exploring the frontiers!
 
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See PRD94 052002 (2016), PRD92 092004 (2015) and EPJC 75:412 (2015)
 
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Thanks very much! Would be most grateful if you could tell me how to locate those references. Best wishes.
 
There is this thing called "Google". If you go to www.google.com and put in "PRD94 052002 (2016)", for example, it will return the link to the paper. It's really remarkable.
 
All LHC papers are freely available from the publishers, not just the arXiv.
 

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