Physics in Canada / La Physique au Canada - 2010 (66.2)

The Early LHC Era

Author(s)
Michael Trott
Institution
Perimeter Institute

We introduce the LHC experiment and discuss the physics case for this incredible machine. The Higgs mechanism is introduced and some evidence for the existence of the Higgs is presented. The possibility of new physics appearing at LHC in conjunction with the Higgs is motivated and the leading contender of New Physics, Supersymmetry, is briefly discussed.