High-energy particle physics with accelerators

Particle accelerators such as CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) are ideal tools for testing our understanding of the microscopic description of the Universe, encapsulated in the so-called Standard Model (SM) of particle physics.

At the same time, we know that the SM is incomplete, and accelerator experiments provide essential guidance for theoretical development. LHC experiments can open a window into Beyond Standard Model (BSM) physics, either by directly producing new particles at the extreme energies achievable by the accelerator or by observing small deviations from the predictions of known physics.