Articles tagged with Particle Accelerators
A giant magnet is now ready to drive high-energy particle experiments at Fermilab, aiming to test the Standard Model's deficiencies and discover new particles. The Muon g-2 collaboration, including the University of Washington, will conduct precise measurements using muons generated by protons.
The ALICE experiment confirms a fundamental symmetry between nuclei and antinuclei in terms of charge, parity and time. The measurements were made possible by the ALICE experiment's high-precision tracking and identification capabilities.
Researchers created the smallest quark-gluon plasma in proton-lead collisions, contradicting previous expectations. This discovery sheds new light on high-energy physics and helps define the conditions needed for quark-gluon plasma existence.
A team of physicists has found new hints of particles being treated in strange ways not predicted by the Standard Model, suggesting evidence for non-standard physics. The discovery could be a significant lead in the search for new phenomena and potentially shed light on dark matter and dark energy.
The RIKEN collaboration has confirmed proton-antiproton symmetry through a high-precision experiment testing CPT invariance. The results show that charge-to-mass ratios are identical within 69 parts per trillion, constraining violations of the standard model and informing future research on antimatter and dark matter.
The NOvA experiment has confirmed the detection of neutrino oscillations over a distance of 500 miles, verifying its massive particle detector is functioning as planned. The results show that muon neutrinos were disappearing and reappearing as electron neutrinos, providing evidence for the phenomenon.
A Syracuse University team funded by NSF has discovered the long-sought pentaquark particle using the CERN Large Hadron Collider. The discovery confirms pentaquarks, which are formed of four quarks and one antiquark, could provide insight into ordinary baryons' properties.
Researchers confirmed two rare pentaquark states at CERN Large Hadron Collider, resolving a 51-year-old mystery. The discovery sheds light on quark binding and has significant implications for the Standard Model.
The article explores how particle accelerators contribute to medical treatments by providing precise control over energetic particles. Researchers are developing smaller and lower-cost machines to improve the curative capabilities of cancer treatment while reducing costs.
Researchers investigate CERN's physicality and cultural heritage, highlighting the site's extraordinary significance in scientific terms and its everyday objects, buildings, and ideas. The study chronicles an intense history, including the Higgs Boson's discovery and Sir Tim Berners-Lee's creation of the World Wide Web.
Two Large Hadron Collider experiments have combined their results to observe a previously unseen subatomic process, establishing a new and extremely rare decay of the Bs particle into two muons. This discovery helps scientists study the properties of particles to search for cracks in the Standard Model, potentially revealing new physics.
Physicists at Syracuse University have discovered a rare subatomic process involving the decay of the Bs meson, confirming its predicted decay into two muons. The finding provides insight into the Standard Model and offers an indirect way to test new models of physics.
The world's largest science experiment is expected to start proton collisions in early June, with no significant signs of new physics yet observed. Physicists are eager for anomalies and unexpected results that could change our understanding of the Standard Model.
Researchers analyze particle jets from lead ion collisions to understand quark-gluon plasma properties. The study reveals that high-energy jets are suppressed, contradicting some theoretical models.
A research team has observed the Higgs mode in superconducting materials, a phenomenon previously thought to be too difficult to study. The discovery was made using a new method that allows for experiments to be conducted at relatively low energies.
Researchers from Berkeley Lab presented on severe weather events in a changing climate, novel technologies for exploring uncultivated microorganisms, and future of accelerators. They also discussed battery innovations and what to expect from the LHC's second run.
A team of researchers led by Kent State professor Michael Strickland has developed an exact solution to a complex physics equation, enabling more accurate modeling of the universe's earliest moments and high-energy particle collisions. The breakthrough has far-reaching implications for fields like galactic structure, supernovae, and he...
Researchers revised a mathematical description of particle interactions, considering two forces unified under extreme conditions like the Large Hadron Collider. They simplified one description of elementary particles' behavior, predicting specific events that future experiments should observe.
Researchers at Berkeley Lab achieved a world record energy for laser-plasma accelerators, accelerating electrons to 4.25 giga-electron volts in just 9-centimeter long plasma tube. The setup marks a significant breakthrough in particle acceleration technology, offering potential for shrinking traditional accelerators.
Two new baryon particles, Xi_b'- and Xi_b*, have been discovered in accordance with a prediction made by York University Professor Randy Lewis and Richard Woloshyn in 2009. The discovery was made using the Large Hadron Collider at CERN.
Steven Blusk's groundbreaking discovery of Xi_b'- and Xi_b*- particles has major implications for the study of quark dynamics. The unique mass of each particle is attributed to a heavyweight b quark and angular momentum, with the Xi_b*- state being slightly heavier due to its aligned spins.
Researchers analyzed CERN data and found no conclusive evidence that the discovered particle is the Higgs particle. Instead, they suggest it could be a light techni-higgs particle composed of two techni-quarks. This discovery raises questions about the existence of dark matter.
Recent findings from the LHCb Collaboration at CERN suggest that Bs meson particles may hold the key to understanding the imbalance of matter and antimatter in the Universe. The research, led by Sheldon Stone, presents a promising new avenue for exploring charge-parity [CP] violation and its implications for particle physics.
A new high-speed transatlantic network will enable faster data exchange between the US and Europe, supporting particle physics research and collaborations. The upgraded network will benefit tens of thousands of researchers, providing enhanced access to data at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and other European-based experiments.
The Department of Energy's ESnet is deploying four new high-speed transatlantic links, delivering a total capacity of 340 Gbps to support dozens of scientific collaborations. The new infrastructure will enable ultra-fast access to scientific data from the Large Hadron Collider and other research sites in Europe.
Physicists at the University of Warwick have discovered a new subatomic particle, Ds3*(2860)ˉ, which contains a charm quark and has spin 3. The discovery is expected to transform our understanding of strong interactions, one of four fundamental forces. Researchers believe that studying this particle will provide valuable insights into ...
Researchers at Berkeley Lab have refined the measurement of a key property of quark-gluon plasma, revealing new insights into its ultra-hot, frictionless nature. The findings provide clues to the state of the young universe immediately after the big bang.
The University of Texas at Arlington has received a National Science Foundation grant to boost its research capabilities, particularly in high-energy physics and data-intensive science projects. The grant will increase the campus's network performance to support researchers working on large-scale data analysis.
Scientists use the most sensitive device ever created to measure the quantum jitter of space itself, probing the limits of the universe's ability to store information. The Holometer experiment could reveal whether we live in a holographic universe with 2-D encoded information.
The Dark Energy Survey has begun its second year, mapping the southern sky in unprecedented detail to unravel the mystery of dark energy. The survey's five-year mission will provide breathtaking pictures of the cosmos.
Researchers from Rice University have found evidence of the direct decay of the Higgs boson to fermions, a fundamental particle in the Standard Model. This finding strengthens the confirmation of the Higgs boson discovery and sets the stage for further exploration of its properties and potential connections to dark matter.
Researchers at Kansas State University have found evidence that the Higgs boson is responsible for generating mass in fundamental particles, such as electrons. This discovery reinforces existing theories and provides new insights into how the universe works.
Researchers have successfully detected the Higgs boson decaying directly into fermions, a discovery that confirms theoretical predictions. The analysis of data gathered at the Large Hadron Collider reveals an accumulation of decays near 125 GeV and with a significance of 3.8 sigma.
Researchers at Berkeley Lab discovered that certain requirements for laser pulses in emerging small-area particle accelerators can be significantly relaxed. This finding has the potential to bring about a new era of accelerators that would need just a few meters to accelerate particles to great speeds, rather than traditional accelerat...
Rice University physicist Wei Li is searching for the smallest and hottest drop of 'quark soup' in the universe, a liquid of subatomic particles that only appears at temperatures above 2 trillion kelvins. He will use the world's most powerful particle accelerator, LHC, to study quark-gluon plasma.
The UT Arlington particle physics team has been awarded a $2.5 million, three-year Department of Energy grant to continue their work on the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider. The grant represents a 25% increase in funding and recognizes the team's innovative ideas and research.
The CEBAF accelerator has achieved its highest-energy beam ever, delivering 10.5 GeV electrons to the Hall D Tagger Facility. This milestone completes two major commissioning steps needed for approval to start experimental operations following its first major upgrade.
Researchers have made significant advancements in sensitivity and believe a dark matter particle interacts with ordinary matter rarely, according to conference discussions. The hunt for dark matter continues, with the LHC yet to find evidence of supersymmetry, but potential discovery could reveal dominant form of universe-seeding matter.
Researchers use Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope data to identify excess gamma-ray emission at high energies, consistent with dark matter annihilation. The signal is difficult to reconcile with other explanations and provides a strong case for the existence of dark matter.
Scientists from four experiments at CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and Fermilab's Tevatron combined their data to produce the first joint result on top quark mass measurement, achieving a precise world's best value of 173.34 GeV/c2. This collaboration showcases international collaboration in particle physics.
Physicists at Fermilab's Tevatron collider have successfully detected a rare process creating single top quarks through the weak nuclear force, completing nearly two decades of research. This achievement showcases the Standard Model's prediction and provides valuable insights into fundamental particles.
Physicists at Jefferson Lab have made a new determination of an intrinsic quark property, setting new limits for energies needed to access physics beyond the Standard Model. The experiment probed mirror symmetry in quarks, revealing a previously isolated component of the weak force.
Physicists at Wayne State University have observed 'charm mixing' in particles, a rare process where charm quarks change into their antiparticles. The discovery could reveal new insights into the universe's matter-antimatter imbalance.
Scientists have observed 28 extremely high-energy events that confirm the presence of astrophysical neutrinos from outside our solar system. These findings suggest the existence of cosmic accelerators accelerating particles to energies above 50 trillion electron volts, exceeding the LHC's proton acceleration capabilities.
Researchers at Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique detect deviations in B meson decay consistent with New Physics predictions. The findings suggest the existence of a new particle, Zprima, which could explain dark matter and gravitational interactions.
Researchers at Rice University have made a significant contribution to the Large Hadron Collider's (LHC) latest discovery, confirming the Standard Model's prediction of the rare B-sub-s meson decay. This finding eliminates any possibility that the decay is related to dark matter theories, such as supersymmetry.
Andrew Ivanov, a Kansas State University physicist, has received the Department of Energy Early Career Research Award to study the Large Hadron Collider. He aims to find a partner particle to the top quark and improve the Compact Muon Solenoid Pixel Detector system.
Researchers at Vanderbilt University have created the world's smallest liquid droplets in a lab experiment. The tiny droplets, about one-100,000th the size of a virus, exhibit flow-like behavior similar to quark-gluon plasma, a state of matter thought to have existed in the universe during its early stages.
The discovery of pear-shaped nuclei in exotic atoms may hold the key to understanding the universe's matter-antimatter imbalance. The shape allows for stronger detection of a new interaction that could explain the discrepancy.
Researchers from UC Berkeley report first direct measurement of gravity's effect on antimatter, specifically antihydrogen in free fall. The study suggests that antimatter does not exhibit anti-gravity and falls at the same rate as normal matter.
The ORIENTplus upgrade provides a high-capacity e-infrastructure for EU-China collaborations, enabling data-intensive projects like Large Hadron Collider and genome research. The upgraded link supports robust networks, scalable storage, and fast compute for world-class research and education.
A team of physicists has proposed a new laser system inspired by telecommunications technology to accelerate particles in particle accelerators like the Large Hadron Collider. The system aims to reduce size and cost, making it critical for future high-energy physics.
The NOvA neutrino detector has recorded its first three-dimensional images of particles from cosmic rays, a crucial step towards discovering properties of mysterious fundamental particles called neutrinos. The detector will use this data to identify and measure the energy of neutrinos.
The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope's complex motion is visualized as a Spirograph-like pattern from the pulsar Vela. The pattern captures the spacecraft's 95-minute orbit around Earth and its precession, a slow circuit every 54 days. This data also shows the LAT's nodding pattern to capture the entire sky.
Research at Ultra Short Pulse High Intensity Lab in TIFR has found a novel scheme to accelerate neutral particles over millimeters using lasers. The concept uses powerful lasers to strip electrons from argon atoms, accelerating charged ions to high energies.
INRS researchers are working on a compact particle accelerator that uses laser wakefield acceleration to produce ultra-short and coherent light sources. This technology has the potential to advance photonics research in Canada and develop new technologies for clinical settings.
A new program will explore solutions for preserving high-energy physics data from the LHC, Fermilab Tevatron, and other research communities. The team aims to develop a global data and software preservation infrastructure.
Scientists at Vienna University of Technology propose a new measuring method using the forward calorimeter at CERN, enabling the creation of the world's most precise stopwatch for light pulses. This could revolutionize quark-gluon plasma physics and open up new avenues for nuclear research.
The University of Notre Dame has received a five-year, $6.1 million NSF grant to support the QuarkNet program, which provides research experiences for high school teachers and inspires STEM education. The program aims to develop scientific literacy in students and attract young students to careers in science and technology.
The study, published in Science, measured isotopes of nobelium and lawrence using a particle accelerator at the GSI. This provides useful data on the nuclear structure of these undiscovered elements, potentially helping to locate the 'Island of Stability', a theoretical region of highly stable super-heavy elements.