Tag: rare decays
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A word from the EP Department Head – Spring 2026
A word from the EP Department Head – Spring 2026 Dear Colleagues, It is my pleasure to share the first 2026 edition of the EP newsletter with you, in my new role as EP Department Head. CERN’s new management took office in January, with a revised structure of Sectors and Departments. In EP, we reorganised
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A word from the EP Department Head – Spring 2026
A word from the EP Department Head – Spring 2026 Dear Colleagues, It is my pleasure to share the first 2026 edition of the EP newsletter with you, in my new role as EP Department Head. CERN’s new management took office in January, with a revised structure of Sectors and Departments. In EP, we reorganised
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You have to love the penguins
You have to love the penguins In 1977 John Ellis made a bet with a student, Melissa Franklin, “If you lose this game of darts,” Franklin said, “you have to use the word ‘penguin’ in your next paper.” John Ellis lost and as a result he coined the term Penguin decays while investigating charge-parity violation