Read article 'Topological avatars of new physics'
Topological avatars of new physics
A field configuration is topologically non-trivial if it exhibits the topology of a “mathematical knot” in some space, real or otherwise.
Read article 'Topological avatars of new physics'
Read article 'The difficult work begins'
The difficult work begins
The open symposium of the European Strategy for Particle Physics revealed a vibrant field in flux as it grapples with the next big questions.
Read article 'Addressing the outstanding questions'
Addressing the outstanding questions
At the European Strategy for Particle Physics, talks covered key questions in the field, and the accelerator, detector and computing technologies necessary to tackle them.
Read article 'Pushing the limits on supersymmetry'
Pushing the limits on supersymmetry
Despite the theory’s many appealing features, searches for SUSY at the LHC and elsewhere have so far yielded only exclusion limits.
Read article 'Boosting searches for fourth-generation quarks'
Boosting searches for fourth-generation quarks
If the new "T" quarks exist, they are expected to decay to a quark and a W, Z or Higgs boson.
Read article 'In it for the long haul'
In it for the long haul
We have conquered the easiest challenges in fundamental physics, says Nima Arkani-Hamed. The case for building the next major collider is now more compelling than ever.
Read article 'CMS beam pipe to be mined for monopoles'
CMS beam pipe to be mined for monopoles
A 6 m-long section will be cut into pieces and fed into a SQUID in the name of fundamental research.
Read article 'Colliders join the hunt for dark energy'
Colliders join the hunt for dark energy
The ATLAS collaboration carried out a first collider search for light scalar particles that could contribute to the accelerating expansion of the universe.
Read article 'Search for new quarks addresses unnaturalness'
Search for new quarks addresses unnaturalness
Why is the observed mass of the Higgs only 125 GeV?
Read article 'Search for WISPs gains momentum'
Search for WISPs gains momentum
Interest is growing in new experiments that probe dark-matter candidates such as axions and other very weakly interacting sub-eV particles.
