LHC Highlights and Prospects

Abstract

These lectures were presented at the 2019 CERN Latin-American School of High Energy Physics. They were centered on the experimental methods used in hadron colliders to advance our understanding in the field of high energy particle physics. From accelerators, to particle detector technologies, object identification and data analyses techniques, the lectures did not attempt to provide a comprehensive, in-depth technical background, but rather focused on an overview of experimental techniques that enabled our advances in supporting and challenging the predictions of the standard model. This document includes a selection of the material presented in the lectures, focusing on how advances in detector technologies and object identification enabled the development of increasingly sophisticated data analysis techniques. This writeup also includes an outlook to the future LHC program and beyond.

arXiv comment38 pages, 31 figures, Lecture notes for the 10th CERN Latin-American School of High-Energy Physics (CLASHEP2019), 13 to 26 March 2019 in Villa General Belgrano, Cordoba Province, Argentina

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