Richard Hill (Chicago)

Effective theories and physics beyond the standard model

Heavy particle effective theories are an important tool for understanding and quantifying many particle physics phenomena, including precision measurements in the standard model, and signatures of new physics beyond the standard model.   I discuss the construction and interesting features of the effective theories relevant for applications to i) analyzing nuclear structure effects in atomic bound states such as muonic hydrogen, and ii) computing dark matter-nucleon scattering cross sections for a class of heavy, weakly interacting dark matter candidates.