SEMINAR

LHCSeminar: The charm of New Physics at the Large Hadron Collider

Diego Tonelli

(CERN)

Sala P7, IST, Edifício Pós-Graduação
Wednesday, June 12th, 2013 at 03:00 PM

Abstract

Discrepancies between theory and measurements of lower-energy quantities may reveal virtual contributions of non-standard-model particles or interactions prior to their direct observation. Historically, this indirect approach has been rewarding, especially in the quark-flavor sector. The LHCb experiment at the LHC proton-proton collider has access to the worlds largest samples of charmed meson decays. I review recent charm physics results, focusing on a few that have the potential to challenge the standard model.