Tag: positron
A positron is a subatomic particle with the same mass as an electron and a numerically equal but positive charge.
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Positrons pass test for the Future Circular Collider
An experiment at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) in Switzerland has successfully produced, captured and transported positrons using a novel system developed for CERN’s proposed Future Circular Collider (FCC). The results show that the key elements of the FCC positron-source concept can operate together, representing an important advance for this technically demanding aspect of the
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Fireball at HiRadMat
CERN’s HiRadMat facility restarts this week with a new experiment nicknamed “Fireball”, which will give new insights into extreme astrophysical phenomena such as gamma-ray bursts
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Intriguing new result from the LHCb experiment at CERN
The LHCb results strengthen hints of a violation of lepton flavour universality