Category: Physics

  • LHC experiments see first evidence of a rare Higgs boson decay

    LHC experiments see first evidence of a rare Higgs boson decay

    The ATLAS and CMS collaborations have joined forces to establish the first evidence of the rare decay of the Higgs boson into a Z boson and a photon

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  • ISOLDE takes a solid tick forward towards a nuclear clock

    ISOLDE takes a solid tick forward towards a nuclear clock

    The observation at CERN’s nuclear physics facility of a long-sought decay of the thorium-229 nucleus in a solid-state system is a key step towards a clock that could outclass today’s most precise atomic clocks

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  • Probing fundamental symmetries of nature with the Higgs boson

    Probing fundamental symmetries of nature with the Higgs boson

    The ATLAS collaboration tested Higgs-boson interactions with the carriers of the weak force, looking for signs of charge-parity symmetry violation

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  • ALICE sees the ridge in simplest collisions yet

    ALICE sees the ridge in simplest collisions yet

    The observation brings physicists a step closer to finding the origin of collective phenomena in small collision systems

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  • Where does the Higgs boson come from?

    The observed mass of the Higgs boson is, from the theoretical point of view, unnaturally small. This conundrum is forcing physicists to explore exotic explanations.

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  • ATLAS and CMS observe simultaneous production of four top quarks

    ATLAS and CMS observe simultaneous production of four top quarks

    The ATLAS and CMS collaborations have both observed the simultaneous production of four top quarks, a rare phenomenon that could hold the key to physics beyond the Standard Model

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  • Improved ATLAS result weighs in on W boson

    Improved ATLAS result weighs in on W boson

    An improved ATLAS measurement of the W boson mass is in line with the Standard Model of particle physics

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  • New LHC experiments enter uncharted territory

    New LHC experiments enter uncharted territory

    The first observation of collider neutrinos at the LHC paves the way for exploring new physics scenarios

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  • W boson turns 40

    Forty years ago today, physicists at CERN announced to the world that they had discovered the electrically charged carrier of the weak force, one of nature’s four fundamental forces

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  • ATLAS delivers most precise luminosity measurement at the LHC

    Precise knowledge of luminosity is crucial for both searches for new phenomena and precision measurements of known Standard Model processes

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