Ana Lopes

Ana began working at CERN in 2018 as a Science Writer for the CERN Communications group.
91 results

LHCb catches fast-spinning charmonium particle

The new particle, dubbed the ψ3(1D), was observed in data recorded between 2011 and 2018

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Physics
26 February, 2019

First result from HIE-ISOLDE is doubly magic

The first result to emerge from the HIE-ISOLDE accelerator is the confirmation that the tin-132 nucleus belongs to the doubly magic group of nuclei

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Physics
19 December, 2018
Physics
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19 December, 2018

New antimatter gravity experiments begin at CERN

The ALPHA-g and GBAR experiments have received their first beams of antiprotons

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Experiments
02 November, 2018
Experiments
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02 November, 2018

Chasing a particle that is its own antiparticle

The ATLAS collaboration presents its latest search for heavy Majorana neutrinos

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Physics
01 November, 2018

LHCP reports from Bologna

From 4 to 9 June, some 450 researchers gathered in Bologna, Italy for the sixth Large Hadron Collider Physics (LHCP) conference

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Physics
14 June, 2018
Physics
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14 June, 2018

New measurement of particle’s lifetime intrigues physicists

A new measurement by the LHCb collaboration of the lifetime of a particle known as the charmed omega is inconsistent with previous estimates

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Physics
08 August, 2018

LHCb experiment discovers two, perhaps three, new particles

The LHCb collaboration has discovered two new baryons and potentially also a new tetraquark

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Physics
27 September, 2018

The incredible lightness of the Higgs

ATLAS searches for vector-like top quarks that could explain the Higgs boson’s small mass

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Physics
11 September, 2018
Physics
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11 September, 2018

Hunting for dark quarks

A search for dark quarks conducted by the CMS collaboration inches closer to the parent particles from which they may originate

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Physics
31 August, 2018
Physics
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31 August, 2018

ALPHA experiment takes antimatter to a new level

The ALPHA collaboration has observed a new electronic transition in the antihydrogen atom

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Physics
22 August, 2018

ISOLDE peers into the world of DNA

Researchers at CERN’s ISOLDE facility have used an ultrasensitive variant of NMR spectroscopy to study DNA interactions

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Experiments
22 June, 2018
Experiments
News
22 June, 2018

Neutron stars cast light on quark matter

The first observation of a neutron-star merger by the LIGO and Virgo collaborations has allowed researchers to improve the theory of quark matter

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Physics
07 June, 2018