Tag: June 2022 – September 2022
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What is the W boson mass trying to tell us?
What is the W boson mass trying to tell us? Introduction In April this year the CDF collaboration shocked the particle physics world with a new measurement of the mass of the W boson particle [1], with a precision better than all previous results combined, and a value of the W mass higher than the
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The proposed Einstein Telescope gravitational wave observatory gains ground
The proposed Einstein Telescope gravitational wave observatory gains ground With the first direct detection of a gravitational wave event in 2015, we are at the beginning of a rapidly growing field of science that offers us a whole new way to study the Universe. Gravitational waves allow us to measure the vibrations in space and
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Geant4: a modern and versatile toolkit for detector simulations
Geant4: a modern and versatile toolkit for detector simulations Like a good, lifelong friend who is accompanying you through all phases of life, the Geant4 detector simulation toolkit is widely used in particle physics experiments from their conception to their design, during construction and data taking, for physics analyses, until several years after the experiment's
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The FELIX Project
The FELIX Project If you are working on one of the ATLAS, DUNE or NA62 experiments you have surely participated to meetings in which people referred to “FELIX”, as if it were a widely-known brand. You probably guessed, after some time, that they were not referring to the 1919’s cat of the cartoon nor the
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LLP11: The eleventh workshop of the Long-Lived Particle Community
LLP11: The eleventh workshop of the Long-Lived Particle Community Amidst the excitement of preparations for the impending Run 3 of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), as well as prominent developments of key projects around the globe, the eleventh workshop of the Long-Lived Particle (LLP) Community initiative (LLP11) was held virtually from 30 May to 3