Read article '3D cooling for uranium collisions at RHIC'
3D cooling for uranium collisions at RHIC
Techniques to shrink the beams of the heaviest ions ever used in a collider.
Read article '3D cooling for uranium collisions at RHIC'
Read article 'The history of QCD'
The history of QCD
Harald Fritzsch, one of the pioneers of quantum chromodynamics, recalls some of the background to the development of the theory 40 years ago.
Read article 'Heavy-ion jets go with the flow'
Heavy-ion jets go with the flow
The studies of central heavy-ion collisions at the LHC by the ALICE, ATLAS and CMS experiments show that partons traversing the produced hot and dense medium lose a significant fraction of their energ...
Read article 'CMS studies the quark–gluon plasma'
CMS studies the quark–gluon plasma
Results from a multifaceted heavy-ion programme.
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...
