HEP@VUB meeting (27)

Friday 21 Nov 2014, 12:00 → 14:00 Europe/Brussels

1G003 (Universe)

1G003

Universe

Pantelis Tziveloglou (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)

Description

This session is centred around the visit of Prof. A. Dedes to HEP@VUB. Key topics are flavour physics, supersymmetry and FCNC top decays. The session will be chaired by Pantelis Tziveloglou.

Participants

Alberto Mariotti
Alex Sevrin
Bryan Zaldivar
Freya Blekman
Gerrit Van Onsem
Giuliano Maggi
Grégory Hammad
Isabelle De Bruyn
Isis Van Parijs
James keaveney
Jan Kunnen
Karen De Causmaecker
Kentarou Mawatari
Krijn de Vries
Krijn de Vries
Lieselotte Moreels
Matthias Vereecken
Nadir DACI
Natalie Heracleous
Nick van Eijndhoven
Pantelis
Petra Van Mulders
Quentin Philippe Python
Seth Moortgat
Shimaa Abu Zeid

- 12:00 → 12:45
  
  Rare Top-quark Decays to Englert-Brout-Higgs boson in MSSM 45m
  
  The arrival of the top-quark and the Brout-Englert-Higgs boson are probably the biggest news in particle physics during the last 20 years. Measuring properties of these two particles precisely will take us to a different level of understanding better the Standard Model (SM) dynamics as well as the design of the near future collider machines. In my talk I will address a simple question relating both particles: can the top-quark decay into a Brout-Englert-Higgs boson and a light quark (up or charm) at a level detectable in the next LHC run? What is the rate in the SM? What is the rate in its Minimal Supersymmetric extension, the MSSM? What is the model which provides the biggest rate? Is it worth looking for these decays at LHC? These are some of the question that will be addressed in my talk.
  
  Speaker: Prof. Athanasios Dedes
  
  Slides