Read article 'Is the Standard Model about to crater?'
There are now quite a few discrepancies, or “tensions”, between laboratory experiments and the predictions of the Standard Model (SM) of particle physics. All of them are of the 2...
Read article 'Searches for new phenomena with LHC Run-2'
After demonstrating a good understanding of the detector and observing most of the Standard Model particles using the first data of LHC Run 2 collected in July (CERN Courier September 2015 p8), the A...
Read article 'On the trail of long-lived particles'
When searching for new particles in ATLAS, it is often assumed that they will either decay to observable Standard Model particles at the centre of the detector, or escape undetected, in which case the...
Read article 'RHIC smashes record for polarized-proton collisions at 200 GeV'
The Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider at Brookhaven National Laboratory has shattered its own record for producing polarized-proton collisions at 200 GeV
Read article 'Collaboration meets for the first FCC week'
As many as 340 physicists, engineers, science managers and journalists gathered in Washington DC for the first annual meeting of the global Future Circular Collider (FCC) study. The FCC week covered ...
Read article 'CMS prepares to search for heavy top-quark partners in Run 2'
A variety of theories beyond the Standard Model attempt to address the hierarchy problem.
Read article 'The TPS begins to shine'
The challenges in building a new light source.
Read article 'In search of hidden light'
Swapan Chattopadhyay discusses the HL-LHC, and the future search for dark matter/energy.
Read article 'A luminous future for the LHC'
The latest news on the high-luminosity upgrade scheduled for 10 years from now.
Read article 'Narrowing down the ‘stealth stop’ gap with ATLAS'
In late 2011, ATLAS launched a dedicated programme targeting searches for the supersymmetric partner of the top quark – the scalar top, or "stop" – which could be pair-produced in high-energy prot...
