Read article 'CMS studies the quark–gluon plasma'
CMS studies the quark–gluon plasma
Results from a multifaceted heavy-ion programme.
Read article 'CMS studies the quark–gluon plasma'
Read article 'Particle identification in ALICE boosts QGP studies'
Particle identification in ALICE boosts QGP studies
How the experiment employs an arsenal of techniques.
Read article 'Seeing bosons in heavy-ion collisions'
Seeing bosons in heavy-ion collisions
Studies of heavy-ion collisions at the LHC are challenging and refining ideas on how to probe QCD – the theory of the strong interaction – at high temperature and density.
Read article 'Elements 114 and 116 receive official names'
Elements 114 and 116 receive official names
IUPAC has officially approved the names "flerovium" (Fl) for the element with atomic number 114 and "livermorium" (Lv), for the one with atomic number 116.
Read article 'Lead collisions in the LHC top the bill in Cagliari'
Lead collisions in the LHC top the bill in Cagliari
Hard Probes 2012 – the 5th International Conference on Hard and Electromagnetic Probes of Nuclear Collisions – took place in Cagliari on 27 May – 1 June.
Read article 'Dijets confirm the Standard Model'
Dijets confirm the Standard Model
Dijet measurements provide an excellent tool not only to probe high transverse-momentum parton interactions to study QCD but also to look for signs of new phenomena beyond the Standard Model.
Read article 'ALICE tracks charm energy loss in the QGP'
ALICE tracks charm energy loss in the QGP
The first direct observation of the suppression of charmed mesons at high transverse-momentum in head-on nucleus–nucleus collisions indicates that charm quarks suffer a strong loss of energy in hot...
Read article 'Light work with heavy ions'
Light work with heavy ions
Fragmentation of heavy nuclei provides beams of light ions at CERN.
Read article 'J/Ψ production in high-multiplicity pp collisions'
J/Ψ production in high-multiplicity pp collisions
The J/Ψ meson, a bound state of a charm and an anticharm quark, has always been an important testing ground for quantum chromodynamics (QCD).
Read article 'Modern Perspectives in Lattice QCD: Quantum Field Theory and High Performance Computing. Lecture Notes of the Les Houches Summer School: Volume 93, August 2009'
Modern Perspectives in Lattice QCD: Quantum Field Theory and High Performance Computing. Lecture Notes of the Les Houches Summer School: Volume 93, August 2009
This book is based on the lectures delivered at the XCIII Session of the École de Physique des Houches, held in August 2009.
