Category: Physics

  • 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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  • LHCb brings leptons into line

    LHCb brings leptons into line

    Simultaneous measurements of rare B-meson decays using the full LHC Run 1 and 2 data samples agree with the predictions of the Standard Model, superseding previous results that had indicated intriguing departures from the 50-year old theory

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  • ATLAS moves into top gear for Run 3

    ATLAS moves into top gear for Run 3

    In their first Run 3 results, the ATLAS collaboration measured two Standard Model processes: the production of Z bosons and top-quark pairs

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  • ATLAS moves into top gear for Run 3

    ATLAS moves into top gear for Run 3

    In their first Run 3 results, the ATLAS collaboration measured two Standard Model processes: the production of Z bosons and top-quark pairs

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  • ALICE estimates how transparent the Milky Way is to antimatter

    ALICE estimates how transparent the Milky Way is to antimatter

    The finding will help space- and balloon-based searches for antimatter that may have originated from dark matter

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  • Looking back on a good year for physics

    With the accelerator complex having shut down for the year on 28 November, now is a good moment to take stock of the healthy position of our research. This year saw a wealth of new results across the programme. At the LHC, Run 1 and 2 data continue to deliver a rich seam of results.

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  • CAST-CAPP inches closer to axion dark matter

    CAST-CAPP inches closer to axion dark matter

    The CAPP axion haloscope at the CAST experiment has hunted for axions from the Milky Way’s “halo” of dark matter, and has narrowed down the theoretical space in which to look for these hypothetical particles

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  • ATLAS measures Higgs boson’s decay width

    ATLAS measures Higgs boson’s decay width

    The decay width is linked to the particle’s lifetime and if found to deviate from its predicted value could indicate the presence of new physics

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  • First Run 3 physics result by CMS

    First Run 3 physics result by CMS

    CMS measured the top-quark pair production cross section

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