Higgs-Muon Interactions at a Multi-TeV Muon Collider

Explore the theoretical foundations and experimental prospects of Higgs-muon interactions in this conference talk delivered at the Galileo Galilei Institute, examining how multi-TeV muon colliders could provide unprecedented insights into the coupling between the Higgs boson and muons. Delve into the physics motivations for studying these interactions, including their role in understanding the Standard Model and potential new physics beyond it. Learn about the unique advantages of muon colliders over other particle accelerators for probing Higgs physics, particularly their ability to directly produce Higgs bosons through muon-antimuon annihilation and their reduced synchrotron radiation compared to electron colliders. Discover the theoretical calculations and phenomenological studies that predict how Higgs-muon coupling measurements could constrain fundamental parameters and reveal deviations from Standard Model predictions. Examine the experimental challenges and opportunities presented by multi-TeV muon collider designs, including detector requirements, background suppression techniques, and precision measurement strategies. Understand how these future facilities could complement and extend the Higgs physics program initiated at the Large Hadron Collider, potentially opening new windows into electroweak symmetry breaking and the nature of mass generation in the universe.