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Jean Sacton seminar room (1G003) (Universe)

Jean Sacton seminar room (1G003)

Universe

Description
External speaker: Cedric Delaunay (Annecy LAPTH)
Participants
  • "His excellency"Leonidas Kalousis
  • Alberto Mariotti
  • Daniele Teresi
  • Davide Pagani
  • Denys Lontkovskyi
  • Dominic Smith
  • Dries Coone
  • Enrico Sessolo
  • Federico Demartin
  • Freya Blekman
  • Hugo Delannoy
  • Isis Van Parijs
  • Julian Heeck
  • Karen De Causmaecker
  • Laura
  • Lieselotte Moreels
  • Matthias Vereecken
  • mihailo backovic
  • Quentin Python
  • Seth Moortgat
  • Shimaa Abu Zeid
  • Yongchao Zhang
    • 12:00 13:00
      Probing the Atomic Higgs Force and New Physics with Isotope Shifts

      The interaction strength of the Higgs boson to the building blocks of matter, the electron and up and down quarks, are essentially unknown. Probing these coupling is an important test of the SM which could lead not only to the establishment of new physics but also to an alternative understanding of the flavor puzzle. We propose a novel approach based on isotope shift measurements in atomic clock transitions in order to probe the Higgs-to-light-fermion couplings. Assuming state-of-the-art accuracy in frequency measurements in these systems, the sensitivity of the proposed method surpasses that of the LHC experiments. Prospects to probe other sources of new physics will also be discussed.