Read article 'H-jet measures beam polarization at RHIC'
The RHIC accelerator collides 100 GeV polarized protons head-on to study the contribution of gluons to the proton spin. But how is the degree of polarization of the beam known? Willy Haeberli explain...
Read article 'Deep inside the proton'
The DIS 2005 workshop reviewed progress in deep inelastic scattering and quantum chromodynamics, and provided the chance to plan for the future, reports Wesley Smith.
Read article 'Symposium previews the future of hadron colliders'
The HCP2005 Symposium, held in the Swiss Alps, discussed the latest results from the Tevatron and the prospect that the LHC will open new scientific frontiers.
Read article 'Investigating the proton’s strange sea'
Several research groups are conducting experiments to determine the exact contributions of strange quarks in the quark-gluon "sea" to the proton's charge distribution and magnetization.
Read article 'Pomerons return to Blois'
Pomeron physics and QCD met once again at the XIth International Conference on Elastic and Diffractive Scattering: Towards High Energy Frontiers.
Read article 'Belle observes b → d'
The Belle collaboration, with a detector operating at the KEKB facility, has recently reported that they have observed the rare b → d transitions.
Read article 'DEAR pins down kaonic hydrogen'
The DEAR (DAFNE Exotic Atoms Research) experiment at the DAFNE φ factory at Frascati has performed the most accurate determination of the effect of the strong interaction on the binding energy of kao...
Read article 'Lattice QCD and CLEO-c tackle the CP challenge'
New results presented at Lepton-Photon 2005 provide important tests of the predictive powers of lattice calculations of parameters vital in the study of CP violation.
Read article 'Double dose of magic proves key to element production'
Researchers at Michigan State University's National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) have reported the first measurement of the half-life of nickel-78.
Read article 'Mystery deepens as pentaquarks refuse to make an appearance'
Preliminary data on the hot topic of the search for pentaquarks were presented at the April Meeting of the American Physical Society by the Jefferson Laboratory's CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer (...
