Speaker
Description
Despite the successful structural completion of the Standard Model (SM)
of particle physics through the discovery of the Higgs boson, questions
remain open that cannot be answered within the SM. Among these, two of
the most prominent ones are those for the nature of Dark Matter (DM) and
why there is more matter than antimatter in the universe. The answers to
these (and also other) open questions require physics beyond the SM (BSM). So far,
unfortunately, we do not have any direct sign of new physics. In this
situation the role of the Higgs boson becomes extremely important as a door
opener to the BSM landscape and as a dissection tool for its analysis. I will
highlight in my talk the special role of the Higgs boson within both specific
UV-complete models and within more model-independent effective field-theory
approaches. I will discuss how it may guide our way in our quest for the model
that allows us to describe nature and help us to understand the true picture behind it.
