Tag: CERN community
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CERN collaborations present new results on particles with charm quarks
The ALICE, CMS and LHCb collaborations present new measurements that show how particles containing charm quarks can serve as “messengers” of hadrons and the quark–gluon plasma, carrying information about these forms of matter
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Fresh antimatter study by ALICE will help with search for dark matter
The study of light antinuclei – from creation to annihilation – will bolster future indirect dark matter searches
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ISOLDE scores a first with laser spectroscopy of short-lived radioactive molecules
The result represents an essential step towards using these molecules for fundamental physics research and beyond
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CLOUD at CERN reveals a new mechanism behind urban smog
The CLOUD collaboration has revealed a new mechanism that drives winter smog episodes in cities
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ASACUSA researchers create and study new exotic atom at PSI
Further studies could be used to test the Standard Model of particle physics
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Pierre Lazeyras (1931 – 2020)
Pierre Lazeyras(1931 – 2020) — Pierre Lazeyras, who played leading roles in the ALEPH experiment, neutrino beams and silicon detectors during a 35-year-long career at CERN, passed away on 4 April aged 88. Born in Limoges, France, in July 1931, Pierre graduated from the École supérieure de physique et chimie industrielle (ESPCI), Paris, in 1954.
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Adolf Minten (1931 – 2020)
Distinguished CERN physicist Adolf Minten passed away on 21 March at the age of 88
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Teresa Rodrigo Anoro (1956 – 2020)
Teresa Rodrigo Anoro(1956 – 2020) — Teresa Rodrigo Anoro, professor of atomic and nuclear physics at the University of Cantabria, died peacefully at home on 20 April after a long illness. Teresa Rodrigo was a leading figure within the particle physics community and played a key role in shaping Spanish particle physics policies, with emphasis
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Danila Tlisov (1983–2020)
Danila Tlisov(1983–2020) — It is with great sadness that we inform you that Danila Tlisov, a member of the CMS collaboration at CERN, passed away on 14 April in Russia due to complications associated with COVID-19. He was 36 years old. Danila joined the INR Moscow group in 2010 as a young researcher after graduating
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Aldo Michelini (1930–2020)
Aldo Michelini(1930–2020) — If Aldo Michelini, who has passed away at the age of 89, was a giant of physics, he was a gentle one. Aldo was known as much for his kindness and care for his colleagues, particularly those just embarking on their careers, as for the physics at which he excelled. First coming