The Physics Reach of the HL-LHC: Precision Higgs Measurements and Future Perspectives

by Prof. Pamela Ferrari (FOM, Amsterdam)

Tuesday Jul 21, 2026, 3:00 PM → 5:00 PM Europe/Berlin

The High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC) will extend the physics programme of the LHC through the collection of an unprecedented dataset of proton–proton collisions. This seminar will present a selection of projections from the ATLAS and CMS collaborations prepared for the European Strategy Update, focusing on measurements that are expected to remain statistically limited or provide benchmark results for many years to come. Particular emphasis will be placed on the Higgs sector, including the expected precision on Higgs boson couplings, studies of rare processes, and prospects for measuring Higgs boson pair production and the Higgs self-coupling. The sensitivity of the HL-LHC to physics beyond the Standard Model through precision measurements will also be discussed. I will conclude with a few remarks on global effective field theory fits and their role in assessing the physics potential of future collider facilities.