Effective Field Theory: Limitations and Avenues for New Physics Discovery

The null results of searches for beyond the Standard Model physics at the LHC have highlighted the application of Effective Field Theory as a potential avenue to present and communicate consistency or tension of particle physics data with the SM expectation. In this talk, I will highlight phenomenological limitations of such an approach and discuss avenues to improve our understanding of the Higgs and top sectors as potential harbingers of BSM interactions in the future. I will show how machine learning techniques can be employed to enhance the BSM potential at the LHC and discuss prospects for constraining Higgs sector CP-violation. I will also touch on the muon anomalous magnetic moment anomaly, and its potential BSM-correlated implication for the upcoming LHC runs.

Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/91390797603?pwd=bWdEdUJNYkhZQWZQRFdsTjlSQXk0Zz09