Standard model measurements at the LHC

Abstract

The LHC data provide the opportunity to carry out a staggering extent of diverse verifications of the Standard Model predictions, covering processes with assorted final states and spanning several orders of magnitude in cross-section. A brief and condensed overview of LHC proton collision results in the domains of electroweak and strong interactions is given in this paper. These results have remarkably advanced the frontier of stringent tests of the Standard Model theory predictions, indicating in turn the challenges and the need for improvements in models and calculations. On the other hand, Standard Model measurements also offer the opportunity for a comprehensive and unbiased search for new physics effects, to be effectively pursued also with the future LHC data.