The physics potential of the LHC

Abstract

This talk is a short overview of the physics potential of the LHC with emphasis on Higgs search and SUSY search. First I review why LHC with the ATLAS and CMS detectors is expected to give a decisive test of the electroweak symmetry breaking mechanism of the Standard Model. Then I consider the Higgs sector of the Standard Model (SM). Finally the search for supersymmetry is discussed within the framework of various implementation of the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM).

Comments: Talk given at the meeting Beyond The Standard Model V, Balholm, Norway April 29 -- May 4, 1997, 10 pages, 2 figures