Particle and Astroparticle Physics Seminars

On our way to build a precision probe at the TeV scale:
The International Linear Collider

Alain Bellerive

Carleton University

The Standard Model is the most comprehensive present day precision theory of particle interactions. Nonetheless, many key questions in subatomic physics and cosmology remain unanswered. The recent discovery of a Higgs-like particle at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has raised new questions. The International Linear Collider (ILC) is being planned as the next high-energy electron-positron probe for particle physics. Precision experiments at the ILC will be essential in unambiguously interpreting LHC physics discoveries. ILC physics demands much better performance than previous or current collider detectors have achieved.  After presenting a selection of highlights of recent investigation of the Higgs boson at the LHC, I will review how the precision and phase space reach of these studies will improve in the future. The project status of the ILC together with its physics goals will be summarized. The collider and detector challenges will be described with focus on specific tracking, calorimetry and accelerator ILC R&D activities in Canada.