| Date | 14 - 21 January 2021 |
| Venue | Online |
Overview
After the discovery of the Higgs boson, the main objectives of high-energy physics are the precise measurement of Higgs properties and searches for new physics. These objectives strongly motivate the construction of next-generation experimental facilities such as e+e- Higgs factory and 100TeV pp collider or muon collider.
The Higgs boson plays a crucial role in explaining spontaneous electroweak symmetry breaking and the mass generation of the known fundamental particles. It is thus important to measure precisely the Higgs-gauge couplings, the Higgs-Yukawa couplings and the Higgs self-couplings. A future Higgs factory would achieve such a goal significantly better than the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Such precise measurements also provide an indirect probe for new physics that alters the Higgs properties.
Addressing fundamental puzzles in nature such as hierarchy problem, dark matter, etc. results in expectation that new physics should emerge at the TeV scale or above. A higher energy machine like new pp collider or muon collider will be crucial for directly exploring new physics and the properties of any to-be-discovered particles at the LHC.
This High Energy Physics (HEP) program in Hong Kong started in 2015. The objective of this program is to bring theorists, experimentalists and accelerator physicists together, to stimulate discussions and exchange thoughts on the future collider programs. As part of this HEP program, a four-day conference will be held during January 18-21, 2021. Before that, three two-day mini-workshops focusing on theory, experiment/detector and accelerator physics respectively, will be organized on January 14-15, 2021. It is also hoped that some white papers for the particle physics community documenting the physics goals, options of future colliders, and the reach of the related experiments could be released.
Organizers
Organizing Committee for the Program
| Andrew Cohen (Chair) | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (IAS Director and Lam Woo Foundation Professor) |
| John ELLIS | CERN and King's College London (IAS Senior Visiting Fellow) |
| Xinchou LOU | Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| Kam-Biu LUK | The University of California, Berkeley and The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (IAS Senior Visiting Fellow) |
| Qing QIN | Peking University |
| Henry TYE | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (IAS Senior Member) |
Organizing Committee for the Conference (January 18 - 21, 2021)
| Ralph ASSMANN | Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY) | |
| Mogens DAM | Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen | |
| Jie GAO | Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences | |
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Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences | |
| Tao LIU (Chair) | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | |
| Zhen LIU | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | |
| Wei LU | Tsinghua University | |
| Kirill PROKOFIEV | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | |
| Frank ZIMMERMANN | CERN |
Conveners of Mini-workshops (January 14 - 15, 2021)
Theory - Perspectives of New Physics on the Horizon
| Tao LIU | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology |
| Zhen LIU | University of Minnesota Twin Cities |
Experiment / Detector - Particle Identification and Associated Physics at e+e- Colliders
| Mogens DAM | Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen |
| Joao GUIMARAES DA COSTA | Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| Kirill PROKOFIEV | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology |
Accelerator - Plasma Acceleration
| Ralph ASSMANN | Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY) |
| Jie GAO | Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| Dazhang LI (Scientific Secretary) | Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| Wei LU | Tsinghua University |
| Frank ZIMMERMANN | CERN |
Editors of White Papers
| Luis Roberto FLORES-CASTILLO | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Kirill PROKOFIEV | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology |
| Yanjun TU | The University of Hong Kong |
Joint Organizers
- Center for Future High Energy Physics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing
- Joint Consortium of Fundamental Physics, Hong Kong
