Read article 'Accident at major detector in Japan'
The extent of the damage suggested some kind of chain reaction in the tubes, with one implosion setting off the next. It happened as the detector was being refilled with water after routine maintena...
Read article 'Accident ruins major detector'
On 12 November, thousands of photomultipliers imploded in the huge Superkamiokande detector in Japan, which has produced important results on neutrino physics.
Read article 'DELPHI goes home to Delphi'
Although CERN's LEP electron-positron collider finished operating in November 2000, analysis of the enormous amount of data it produced will continue for some time.
Read article 'Specialists re-evaluate transition radiation'
Transition radiation is playing an increasingly important role in the armoury of detection techniques for particle physics.
Read article 'Aging workshop provides a useful review of the long-term use of gaseous detectors'
Detectors, like people, encounter problems as they get older.
Read article 'Antares detector deployment progress is on target for 2004'
The Antares undersea neutrino experiment, scheduled for deployment 2400 m down in the Mediterranean off the south coast of France, successfully laid its sea cable at the beginning of October.
Read article 'The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory – Canada’s eye on the universe'
Some 2000 metres underground in a working nickel mine, physicists have installed one of the world's most sensitive instruments for observing the universe. Operational since 1999, the Sudbury Neutrino...
Read article 'Astronomers benefit from particle physics detectors'
A new kind of X-ray polarimeter giving greatly improved sensitivity and based on methods developed for particle physics gives astronomers a new handle on X-ray measurement.
Read article 'The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory confirms the oscillation picture'
The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory, which started taking data in 1999, has announced its first results on solar neutrinos, which confirm the suspicion that something happens to these particles on their ...
Read article 'New CMS visitor centre proves a star attraction'
The Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment, which is being carried out in preparation for the installation of CERN's forthcoming Large Hadron Collider (LHC), became one of the laboratory's star visito...
