Tag: SME
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First Physics Results from the FASER Experiment
First Physics Results from the FASER Experiment FASER is a new small LHC experiment designed to search for light, weakly interacting, long-lived beyond-standard model particles such as dark photons and to detect high energy neutrinos produced in proton-proton collisions. The FASER detector is located approximately 480m from the ATLAS interaction point along the beam collision
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ANUBIS: a guide into the dark sector
ANUBIS: a guide into the dark sector The ancient Egyptians believed Anubis was a jackal-headed god who accompanied kings to the underworld. Today we know better: ANUBIS is a proposed extension to the ATLAS detector to explore the dark sector by searching for long-lived particles (LLPs). What are LLPs and why should we care? Long-lived
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Lighting the dark with NA64: news from Light Dark Matter searches
Lighting the dark with NA64: news from Light Dark Matter searches The existence of Dark Matter (DM) has been inferred by Cosmology and Astrophysics through its gravitational effects. However, its microscopic nature remains one of the most pressing questions in particle physics. Scenarios in which the DM is a thermal relic from the early universe
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Chronicles of SND@LHC’s first year of data taking
Chronicles of SND@LHC’s first year of data taking The year 2022 saw the culmination of 18 months of intense preparatory work with the SND@LHC Collaboration entering the highly anticipated phase of commissioning with beam and first year of data taking. After the installation of the neutron shield surrounding the target in March 2022, a small
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Radioactive ion beams at ISOLDE bring the nuclear clock a tick closer
Radioactive ion beams at ISOLDE bring the nuclear clock a tick closer The precise measurement of time and frequencies has always played an important role in the history of science. Since the adoption of the caesium-133 standard as the definition of the second within the Système International (SI) in 1967, a network of atomic clocks
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HIKE collaboration targets a new era of kaon experiments
HIKE collaboration targets a new era of kaon experiments The recently proposed High Intensity Kaon Experiments (HIKE) project offers a long-term vision for a research programme at CERN, covering experimental searches in the kaon sector that could enable a new generation of searches and indirectly probe new physics beyond the Standard Model. HIKE is intended
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MILLIQAN gets ready to have a look at the dark
MILLIQAN gets ready to have a look at the dark The milliQan collaboration is on track to finish the installation and commissioning of their Run 3 detector before the end of the YETS, Components of both the “bar” and “slab” detectors have been placed in a tunnel above the CMS experimental cavern over the last
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The birth of NanoCal
The birth of NanoCal High-performance electromagnetic calorimeters often make use of inorganic crystal scintillators. Their high density makes them well suited for the construction of large homogeneous detectors where the scintillating material simultaneously serves as both the absorber and the active detector medium. An appropriate choice of inorganic crystal can provide both high light yield
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R&D on gas usage in the LHC particle detection systems.
R&D on gas usage in the LHC particle detection systems. A wide range of gas mixtures is used for the operation of different gaseous detectors for particle physics research. Among them there are greenhouse gases like C2H2F4 (R134a), CF4 (R14), C4F10 (R610) and SF6, which are needed because they allow to achieve specific detector performance
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The LISA project at CERN-ISOLDE
The LISA project at CERN-ISOLDE The LISA (Laser Ionisation and Spectroscopy of Actinides) consortium aims to train a new generation of experts in radioactive ion beam research and applications, laser spectroscopy, scientific laser technologies and atomic theorists whilst they work towards the goal of vastly improving our understanding of the atomic and nuclear properties of