ATLAS

ATLAS is one of two general-purpose detectors at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). It investigates a wide range of physics, from the search for the Higgs boson to extra dimensions and particles that could make up dark matter. The articles below relate to the ATLAS experiment.

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Kick-off for the 2017 LHC physics season

Data-taking has started again at the LHC: the experiments are continuing their exploration of physics at the unprecedented energy of 13 TeV.

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Physics
23 May, 2017

LHC: preparations for a new season of physics

Adjustments to the thousands of pieces of equipment making up the LHC are ongoing before data taking can start for 2017

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Accelerators
15 May, 2017

LIVE: Ask the scientists at ATLAS what the next year holds

Join our scientists live in the ATLAS control room today, 19 April 2017, at 17:00 on Facebook

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Experiments
18 April, 2017

A wealth of precise new results at Moriond

At the 52nd Rencontres de Moriond conference CERN collaborations presented many new results, including their first ones with the full 13 TeV dataset

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Experiments
30 March, 2017
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30 March, 2017

New Management at the ATLAS Experiment

Dave Charlton passes the baton to new ATLAS Spokesperson Karl Jakobs

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Experiments
13 March, 2017
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13 March, 2017

Award season at the ATLAS Experiment

ATLAS PhD students publish dozens of outstanding theses every year. Since 2010, a few have been celebrated at the annual ATLAS Thesis Awards.

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Experiments
08 March, 2017
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08 March, 2017

Meet the talented recipients of the ATLAS PhD Grant

The ATLAS PhD Grant gives students an opportunity to benefit from world-class research, supervision and training within the ATLAS collaboration

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Experiments
23 February, 2017
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23 February, 2017

How strange is the proton?

ATLAS measurements show proton has more strange quarks than previously thought

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Experiments
16 February, 2017
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16 February, 2017

EYETS report: painstaking work on the detectors

On the experiments’ side, the extended year-end technical stop is a precious opportunity to carry out repairs and maintenance works on their detectors

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Experiments
15 February, 2017
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15 February, 2017

Quark Matter 2017: understanding the early universe

The LHC experiment collaborations presented their latest results at the Quark Matter conference on how matter behaved in the universe's first moments

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Experiments
10 February, 2017
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10 February, 2017

ATLAS releases first measurement of W mass using LHC data

ATLAS reports the first measurement of the W boson mass using LHC proton–proton collision data at 7 TeV

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Experiments
13 December, 2016
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13 December, 2016

The 4th ALICE, ATLAS, CMS and LHCb Career Networking Event

The “ALICE, ATLAS, CMS and LHCb Career Networking Event” provided early career researchers with an insight into career opportunities outside academia

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Experiments
09 December, 2016
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09 December, 2016