Category: Physics
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ALICE does the double slit
Using collisions between lead nuclei at the LHC, the ALICE collaboration has measured an interference pattern akin to that of the famous double-slit experiment
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NA62 announces its first search for long-lived particles
CERN’s kaon factory pushes the energy frontier to probe uncharted territories of many beyond-the-Standard-Model theories
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AMBER releases its first results
The experiment’s preliminary results explore the production cross section of the antiproton, which may provide physicists with clues in the search for dark matter
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ATLAS probes uncharted territory with LHC Run 3 data
The ATLAS collaboration has released its first results from searches for new physics phenomena conducted with data from Run 3 of the LHC
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LHCb investigates the properties of one of physics’ most puzzling particles
The particle, known as χc1(3872), has fascinated physicists for years. Now, the LHCb collaboration is closer to finding out what it is made up of
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LHCb investigates the rare Σ+→pμ+μ- decay
The rarest hyperon decay ever observed
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Going the extra mile to squeeze supersymmetry out of CMS data
Re-analysing LHC Run 2 data with cutting-edge analysis techniques allowed CMS physicists to address an old discrepancy
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Hans Joachim Specht (1936 – 2024)
Hans Joachim Specht(1936 – 2024) — Hans Joachim Specht, one of the founders of ultra-relativistic heavy-ion physics and a pioneering figure in hadron cancer therapy, passed away on 20 May 2024, at the age of 87. A graduate of the University of Munich and ETH Zurich, and full Professor at the University of Heidelberg for
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ATLAS dives deeper into di-Higgs
By combining multiple Higgs boson pair studies, physicists are closer to finding out how the particle interacts with itself, providing clues to the stability of the Universe
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How can AI help physicists search for new particles?
The ATLAS and CMS collaborations are using state-of-the-art machine learning techniques to search for exotic-looking collisions that could indicate new physics