New Results from the Large Hadron Collider
The latest experiment at Large Hadron Collider reports on the run’s very first particle collisions, and describes what an average collision between two protons looks…
Particle Physics News
Plasma Wakefield Acceleration, A Step Toward Smaller Particle Colliders
In a new study, researchers detail how a technique called plasma wakefield acceleration could enable them to build more economical particle colliders. A study led…
New CERN Study Suggests Subatomic Particles Could Defy the Standard Model
New research from physicists working at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider shows evidence of leptons acting out against time-tested predictions, suggesting that subatomic particles may defy…
CERN Experiments Reveal No Difference in Mass of Proton and Antiproton
The most precise experiments ever to compare the mass of the proton and antiproton reveal no difference between the particles, determining that the masses of…
Physicists Observe Weyl Points for the First Time
An international team of physicists has confirmed for the first time the experimental observation of Weyl points. Part of a 1929 prediction by physicist Hermann…
CERN Reports Observation of Pentaquark Particles
Physicists at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider have reported the discovery of a class of particles known as pentaquarks. “The pentaquark is not just any new…
New Tabletop Detector Identifies Single Electrons
A new tabletop particle detector is able to identify single electrons in a radioactive gas, a big step toward measuring the mass of a neutrino….
A Way To Self-Propel Subatomic Particles Without External Forces
Using a new variation on the methods used to bend light, a team of physicists reveal that subatomic particles can be induced to speed up…
Plasma Wakefield Acceleration Milestone
Researchers hit a milestone in demonstrating the practicality of plasma wakefield acceleration, boosting bunches of electrons to energies 400 to 500 times higher than they…
Interactions between Cold Dark Matter and Radiation Leads to a Dramatic Reduction in Satellite Galaxies
A newly published study from Durham University shows that interactions between cold dark matter and radiation leads to a dramatic reduction in the number of…
Physicists Reveal a Neutron Halo Around Neutron-Rich Magnesium Nuclei
Using the RIKEN Radioactive Isotope Beam Factory, physicists have revealed that the extra neutrons in a neutron-rich magnesium nucleus produce a neutron halo. Most stable…
Superabsorption Can Be Achieved and Sustained in Simple Nanostructures
Research from the University of Oxford establishes that superabsorption can be achieved and sustained in certain simple nanostructures, by trapping the system in a highly…
Magneto-Optical Trapping of Strontium Monofluoride
Using magneto-optical trapping, Yale physicists cooled molecules of strontium monofluoride to 2.5 thousandths of a degree above absolute zero, the lowest temperature yet achieved by…
New Measurements May Help Identify Antiquark’s Role in Proton’s Spin
Using the STAR detector at Brookhaven National Laboratory, scientists have identified a new method sensitive to the antiquark spin, which can shed light on where…
Supercomputer Simulations Open the Door for Numerical Modeling of Nuclear Interactions
Researchers from RIKEN detail the first supercomputer simulations of ‘spin–orbit’ forces between neutrons and protons in an atomic nucleus, opening the door for numerical modeling…
ATLAS Collaboration Detects Process Even Rarer Than Higgs Particle
A new published study from the ATLAS Collaboration reports the first evidence of a process that can be used to test the mechanism by which…
New CERN Research Details Evidence of the Direct Decay of the Higgs Boson to Fermions
New research published in Nature Physics details strong evidence of the direct decay of the Higgs boson to fermions. If evidence of the Higgs boson…
A Path Toward a New Breed of Miniature Particle Accelerators
Berkley Lab researchers show how beams of various colors and phases affect plasma, finding that laser light needn’t be as precise as previously thought to…
