Title: Illuminating New Physics with the Higgs boson at the CMS Experiment

Speaker: Dr. Suman Chatterjee, CERN/DESY

Abstract: The discovery of the Higgs boson at the LHC in 2012 marked a major milestone in establishing the standard model of particle physics. The Higgs-strahlung process, where the Higgs boson is produced together with a W or Z boson, is the golden channel to study its coupling to bottom quarks. In this talk, I will present recent results from the CMS experiment on these measurements and discuss how they are used to probe subtle modifications arising from new physics lying just beyond the LHC's energy reach. I will also describe how modern machine-learning–based inference techniques play a central role in enhancing the sensitivity of these measurements. Finally, I will outline future prospects of leveraging current and upcoming data to search for ultra-heavy new physics at the LHC.