Tag: CMS
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007 reasons for physics beyond the Standard Model
007 reasons for physics beyond the Standard Model The 5th of July marks the fifth anniversary since the discovery of a Higgs boson at the LHC. Summarizing notes for a recent set of lectures at the Asia-Europe-Pacific School of High-Energy Physics, John Ellis reviews events leading to the discovery of the Higgs boson and what
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CMS pixel upgrade: a truly global endeavor
CMS pixel upgrade: a truly global endeavor A new and upgraded pixel detector has just been installed in the heart of CMS in this extended year end technical stop (EYETS 2016-17), marking the end of a five year long construction project. The CMS pixel detector that was replaced was performing very well. However, the upgrade
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A Moriond Retrospective: New Results from the LHC Experiments
A Moriond Retrospective: New Results from the LHC Experiments Every March, particle physicists around the world take two weeks to promote results, share opinions and do a bit of skiing in-between. This is the Moriond tradition and the 52nd iteration of the conference took place this year in La Thuile, Italy. Each of the four
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Wealth of new results in Quark Matter 2017
Wealth of new results in Quark Matter 2017 BROKEN IMAGE NOT MOVED (drupal url : https://ep-news.web.cern.ch//content/wealth-new-results-quark-matter-2017) Last month, the LHC experiment collaborations presented their latest results at the Quark Matter 2017 conference on how matter behaved in the very early moments of the universe. The programme includes a plethora of presentations on a variety of
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ATLAS and CMS physicists awarded 2017 Panofsky Prize
ATLAS and CMS physicists awarded 2017 Panofsky Prize BROKEN IMAGE NOT MOVED (drupal url : https://ep-news.web.cern.ch//content/atlas-and-cms-physicists-awarded-2017-panofsky-prize) On Tuesday, 11 October 2016, the American Physical Society (APS) announced the award of the 2017 W.K.H. Panofsky Prize in Experimental Particle Physics to Michel Della Negra (Imperial College London and, previously, CERN), Peter Jenni (Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg and, previously,
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Searching for dark energy with particle colliders
Searching for dark energy with particle colliders 2 GeV. For one type of coupling this is eleven orders of magnitude more stringent than constraints obtained from cosmological and solar system tests, and excludes previously popular models that require the coupling scale to lie close to the dark energy scale, Λ ~ 10 -3 eV. These
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Where is Supersymmetry?
Where is Supersymmetry? The original ideas The original ideas for introducing supersymmetry dates back in the 1960s when, in the context of hadron physics that was found to be approximately spin-flavour independent, a symmetry between mesons and baryons was proposed. These ideas, largely ignored at the time, found their way through mathematical investigations related to
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Playing with Protons: Engaging Teachers to Engage K-6 Students with Science, Technology and Innovation
Playing with Protons: Engaging Teachers to Engage K-6 Students with Science, Technology and Innovation BROKEN IMAGE NOT MOVED (drupal url : https://ep-news.web.cern.ch//content/playing-protons-engaging-teachers-engage-k-6-students-science-technology-and-innovation) There is widespread consensus among science education researchers that learning science should begin early in every child’s schooling. Among many good reasons, one stands out clearly: “Children naturally enjoy observing and thinking about
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LHC experiments present latest results in ICHEP16
LHC experiments present latest results in ICHEP16 BROKEN IMAGE NOT MOVED (drupal url : https://ep-news.web.cern.ch//content/lhc-experiments-present-latest-results-ichep16) New results from the LHC experiments were presented during the 38th International Conference on High Energy Physics (ICHEP 2016) that took place in Chicago, USA. The collaborations of the LHC experiments can now dive in and explore at the new
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Interview with Guido Tonelli
Interview with Guido Tonelli Guido Tonelli, former spokesperson of the CMS experiment and one of the protagonists of the Higgs boson discovery, discusses the meaning of one of the major breakthroughs of the century, as well as the importance of pushing beyond the current limits of knowledge. He reflects on the present situation in particle