Welcome to HPNP2019
The 4th International Workshop on "Higgs as a Probe of New Physics" (HPNP2019) will be hosted by Osaka University. The workshop will be held in 18.-22. February 2019 on Toyonaka Campus of Osaka University, Toyonaka, Japan.
By the discovery of a Higgs boson in 2012, the standard model was confirmed to give a good description for most of the phenomena below the electroweak scale. In spite of the success of the standard model, the nature of the Higgs sector and the dynamics behind the electroweak symmetry breaking are still mystery. On the other hand, there are phenomena which cannot be explained in the standard model, such as neutrino oscillation, existence of dark matter, baryon asymmetry of the Universe and cosmic inflation. It is clear that the new physics beyond the standard model is necessary.
The LHC has been revealing physics at the terascale and will be upgraded to the High-Luminosity LHC. Meanwhile, SuperKEKB will explore well beyond the terascale via heavy flavor decays. The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA), aimed at detecting gravitational waves from the early Universe, has been approved. The synergy of these upcoming experiments as well as future lepton colliders such as ILC, FCCee, CEPC and CLIC, and also various cosmological observations will bring us insights into the nature of new physics. Therefore, it is a good time to discuss the physics role of the Higgs sector and its relation to the physics beyond the standard model.
The aim of HPNP2019 is to bring together Higgs related physicists from around the world to discuss the relation between Higgs physics and models beyond the Standard Model.
The topics of the workshop will be
- Determination of the Shape of the Higgs Sector from Experiments
- Physics of Extended Higgs Sectors
- New Paradigms and Higgs Physics (SUSY, Composite Higgs, Scale Invariance, Extra Dim, ...)
- Dynamics behind Electroweak Symmetry Breaking
- Higgs Physics and Flavor Physics/Neutrinos Physics/Dark Matter
- Electroweak Phase Transition and Higgs Physics
- Higgs Inflation, other Cosmological Implications
- Higgs and Planck Scale Physics
News: Conference photo
News: Best Poster Award
The poster jury of HPNP2019 selected
- Mr. So Chigusa (University of Tokyo)
- Mr. Kohei Fujikura (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
as Best Poster Award, and
- Mr. Katsuya Hashino (University of Toyama)
- Mr. Daiki Kaneko (Kanazawa University)
as Best Poster - Honorable Mention, as well as
- Ms. Mio Kubata (Ochanomizu University)
as Maria Krawczyk Award.
All student posters were judged by the poster jury:
Prof. Bohdan Grzadkowski (Chair), Prof. Michael Ramsey-Musolf,
Prof. Eung Jin Chun, Prof. Rui Santos and Prof. Nobuchika Okada.
From the left, Mr. S. Chigusa, Prof. B. Grzadkowski and Mr. K. Fujikura
News: Snapshot photos
Snapshot photos of HPNP2019 are linked here.
Important Dates
- 1. December 2018: Deadline for Abstract Submission
- 1. December 2018: Deadline for Visa Letter Request
- 18. December 2018: Deadline for Registration
Invited Speakers
| Howard E. Haber | (UC Santa Cruz) |
| Bohdan Grzadkowski | (U. of Warsaw) |
| Yutaka Hosotani | (Osaka U.) |
| Michael J. Ramsey-Musolf | (Massachusetts U., Amherst) |
| Satoshi Iso | (KEK) |
| Stefano Moretti | (NExT, U. of Southampton) |
| Sven Heinemeyer | (IFCA, U. of Cantabria) |
| Rui Santos | (ISEL, U. of Lisbon) |
| Cheng-Wei Chiang | (National Taiwan U.) |
| Jose M. No | (IFT-UAM/CSIC) |
| Keisuke Fujii | (KEK) |
| Tatsuya Masubuchi | (ICEPP, U. of Tokyo) |
| Seiji Kawamura | (Nagoya U.) |
| and more |
International Advisory Committee
| Fawzi Boudjema | (Annecy, LAPTH) | Cheng-Wei Chiang | (National Taiwan U.) |
| Christophe Grojean | (DESY) | Howard E. Haber | (UC Santa Cruz) |
| Junji Hisano | (Nagoya U.) | Pyungwon Ko | (KIAS) |
| Stefano Moretti | (U. of Southampton) | Mihoko Nojiri | (KEK / Kavli IPMU) |
| Yasuhiro Okada | (KEK) | Michael Peskin | (SLAC) |
Local Organizing Committee
| Mayumi Aoki | (Kanazawa U.) | Mitsuru Kakizaki | (U. of Toyama) | ||
| Chair: | Shinya Kanemura | (Osaka U.) | Kentarou Mawatari | (Osaka U.) | |
| Kin-ya Oda | (Osaka U.) | Tetsuo Shindou | (Kogakuin U.) | ||
| Hiroaki Sugiyama | (Toyama Pref. U.) | Koji Tsumura | (Kyoto U.) | ||
| Kei Yagyu | (Seikei U.) |
Contact
| Shinya Kanemura (Chair): |
| E-mail: kanemu_at_het.phys.sci.osaka-u.ac.jp |
| Ai Sato (Secretary): |
| E-mail: hpnp2019_at_het.phys.sci.osaka-u.ac.jp |
| (Please replace _at_ with @) |
Sponsors
- Osaka University
- Kogakuin University
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
- Inoue Foundation for Science