Category: Physics

  • ATLAS seeks out unusual signatures of long-lived particles

    Physicists at the ATLAS experiment are on the hunt for new, long-lived particles to help explain several outstanding mysteries of our Universe

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  • Largest matter-antimatter asymmetry observed

    Largest matter-antimatter asymmetry observed

    New results from the LHCb experiment on CP asymmetry in charmless three-body charged B meson decays include the largest CP asymmetry ever observed

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  • ASACUSA sees surprising behaviour of hybrid atoms in superfluid helium

    ASACUSA sees surprising behaviour of hybrid atoms in superfluid helium

    The result may open doors to several lines of research in particle physics and beyond

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  • Homing in on the Higgs boson’s interaction with the charm quark

    Homing in on the Higgs boson’s interaction with the charm quark

    New ATLAS and CMS analyses place tight limits on the strength of the Higgs boson’s interaction with the charm quark

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  • ATLAS and CMS chase the invisible with the Higgs boson

    ATLAS and CMS chase the invisible with the Higgs boson

    The collaborations have set stringent new bounds on the fraction of Higgs bosons transforming into invisible particles

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  • CERN fellow wins Buchalter Cosmology Prize

    CERN fellow wins Buchalter Cosmology Prize

    Dr Azadeh Maleknejad, a fellow in the Theoretical Physics department, was awarded second prize for her work on axion physics on 2 February 2022

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  • ISOLDE data get deluxe theoretical treatment

    ISOLDE data get deluxe theoretical treatment

    A unique combination of high-quality experimental data and several state-of-the-art nuclear-physics models has resulted in an excellent agreement between experiment and theory

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  • A crunching multiverse to solve two physics puzzles at once

    A crunching multiverse to solve two physics puzzles at once

    A duo of theorists proposes a new theory to explain both the surprisingly small mass of the Higgs boson and the puzzling symmetry properties of the strong force

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  • ATLAS gives new insight into the internal structure of the proton

    During the Lepton Photon Conference this week, the ATLAS collaboration presented a new paper that describes how partons interact within the proton

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  • BASE breaks new ground in matter–antimatter comparisons

    BASE breaks new ground in matter–antimatter comparisons

    The collaboration has made the most precise comparison yet between protons and antiprotons and tested whether or not they behave in the same way under the influence of gravity

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