Discovery Beyond the Standard Model of Elementary Particle Physics

James D. Wells is professor of physics at the University of Michigan (USA). As theoretical physicist his research explores ideas designed to solve outstanding "origins" problems in fundamental physics: the origin of gauge symmetries, dark matter, flavor violations, CP violation, and mass. Professor Wells is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, a recipient of an Outstanding Junior Investigator (OJI) Award from the U.S. Department of Energy, and a Sloan Fellowship from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

Introduction.- The theory canon.- Confirmation discoveries.- Exclusion discoveries.- Revolutionary discoveries.- Signalism: risks of pursuing discovery without BSM context.- Gravity waves & Higgs boson discoveries through the BSM lens.- European strategy update.- When does discovery end?.- Summary.