Limits and Outer Limits of the Higgs Boson Searches Chris Tully, Princeton University

We live in a universe where the underlying symmetries of nature are broken.  The quest to unlock these symmetries is known in particle physics as the Higgs search, named after a theory for symmetry breaking in the standard model of electroweak interactions.  While current experiments have set general constraints on the properties of the Higgs field, the eventual discovery of Higgs bosons will challenge the specific predictions of many possible extensions to the known natural symmetries, tackling theories 30 years in the making.  The high-energy exploration of the Higgs sector is a point of convergence for many bold ideas and open questions in particle physics.  I will present the status and perspectives on several new experimental searches.