Read article 'LEP’s electroweak leap'
LEP’s electroweak leap
In the autumn of 1989 the Large Electron Positron collider (LEP) delivered the first of several results that still dominate the landscape of particle physics today.
Read article 'LEP’s electroweak leap'
Read article 'The greatest lepton collider'
The greatest lepton collider
LEP was the highest energy e+e– collider ever built, with levels of precision that remain unsurpassed in accelerator physics. Former CERN director of accelerators Steve Myers tells LEP’s story fro...
Read article 'CERN and the Higgs Boson'
CERN and the Higgs Boson
James Gillies’ slim volume conveys the excitement of the hunt for the Higgs.
Read article 'Music of the muons'
Music of the muons
Music and dance troupe Les Atomes Dansants use muon tracks from W, Z and Higgs events in CMS data to explore the links between science and art.
Read article 'Lessons from LEP'
Lessons from LEP
The Large Electron Positron collider changed particle physics forever. As the field eyes up the next major collider, former CERN Director-General Herwig Schopper describes what it took to make LEP hap...
Read article 'Memories from Caltech'
Memories from Caltech
Stephen Wolfram reflects on Gell-Mann’s complex character and his rivalry with Richard Feynman.
Read article 'We’ve been here before…'
We’ve been here before…
Tales of colliders contained in 60 illustrious years of CERN Courier offer a rich perspective on the strategic decisions facing the field today.
Read article 'Strong interactions'
Strong interactions
Harald Fritzsch, who collaborated with Gell-Mann in the early 1970s, describes the steps that led to a full understanding of strong interactions.
Read article 'Gell-Mann’s multi-dimensional genius'
Gell-Mann’s multi-dimensional genius
Murray Gell-Mann was one of the great geniuses of the 20th century, says Lars Brink, and stands out among other Nobel laureates.
Read article 'Artistic encounters of the quantum kind'
Artistic encounters of the quantum kind
Quàntica, which opened on 9 April at the Centre de Cultural Contemporània de Barcelona, invites you to explore quantum physics through the lens of both art and science.
