Tag: dark matter
Only about 5% of the matter in the Universe is visible. The rest is of an unknown nature and is referred to as dark matter (27%) and dark energy (68%). Finding out what it consists of is a major question for modern science.
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NA64, a decade of hunting dark matter
In particle physics, energy is never lost. When particles collide or decay, all the initial energy they carry must be conserved in the resulting products, and a shortfall signals that something has escaped unseen. It was the energy missing from radioactive decays that led Wolfgang Pauli to propose the neutrino in 1930, a particle so elusive that it evaded detection for
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LHCb explores new territory during a special low-energy run
While the heavy-ion run season is in full swing at the LHC, let’s look back at the low-energy run that took place on 29 and 30 April. In yet another demonstration of the versatility of CERN’s accelerator complex, the LHC briefly departed from its standard high-energy operation to perform a special low-energy run dedicated primarily
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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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NA64 uses the high-energy SPS muon beam to search for dark matter
The NA64 collaboration has used a muon beam for the first time to search for dark matter and could set new limits for a potential dark Z’ boson
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Hunting for millicharged particles at the LHC
The FASER and FORMOSA collaborations team up to test a demonstrator experiment to detect particles with a tiny electrical charge
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MADMAX at the forefront of the search for axions
The MADMAX experiment at CERN’s North Area probes dark matter candidates with two new prototypes
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SHiP sets sail to explore the hidden sector
The experiment is designed to detect very feebly interacting particles, including candidate dark-matter particles
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Celebrate Dark Matter Day at CERN Science Gateway
On 3 November, Nobel laureate Michel Mayor and other scientists will shed light on the dark side of the sky to celebrate Dark Matter Day 2023 at CERN
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CERN Science Gateway: interactive exhibitions for everyone
The new permanent exhibitions – Discover CERN, Our Universe and Quantum World – are unlike anything CERN has developed before…
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CERN tech to help investigate the dark universe
ESA’s recently launched Euclid telescope will rely on CERN software and computing infrastructure to help it map the effects of dark matter and dark energy on the Universe