Read article 'Symmetries and structures'
Symmetries and structures
Siegfried Krewald reports the news from the Hadron Physics at COSY workshop.
Read article 'Symmetries and structures'
Read article 'Solving cross-section challenges at the LHC'
Solving cross-section challenges at the LHC
A small workshop held recently in Switzerland considered the challenges to be overcome before accurate cross-section measurements can be made at the LHC.
Read article 'Narrow states abound at HADRON 2003'
Narrow states abound at HADRON 2003
Aschaffenburg, a medieval town near Frankfurt in Germany, was the attractive setting for the 10th International Conference on Hadron Spectroscopy, held from 31 August to 6 September.
Read article 'New light shed on strange physics'
New light shed on strange physics
The latest generation of high-current electron accelerators in the GeV energy range is breathing new life into a variety of investigations based on the photoproduction of kaons, as Terry Mart explains...
Read article 'Four labs find five-quark particle'
Four labs find five-quark particle
Four international collaborations have recently announced strong experimental evidence for a five-quark exotic baryon named the theta-plus, composed of two up quarks, two down quarks and a strange ant...
Read article 'Bochum breaks deuteron polarization records'
Bochum breaks deuteron polarization records
During the past 10 years, polarized solid targets have been successfully used at CERN and SLAC to investigate the spin structure of the nucleon.
Read article 'BES collaboration observes new narrow state'
BES collaboration observes new narrow state
The BES collaboration at the Beijing Electron Positron Collider (BEPC) has observed a clear signal for a narrow enhancement in the ppbar mass distribution near the 2mp threshold in the process J/Ψ→...
Read article 'Has the deconfinement phase transition been seen?'
Has the deconfinement phase transition been seen?
New results from the NA49 experiment at CERN suggest that the onset of the transition to deconfined quarks and gluons has been observed at the lower end of the SPS energy region.
Read article 'Deuteron-gold collisions clarify ‘jet quenching’ results'
Deuteron-gold collisions clarify ‘jet quenching’ results
New measurements at RHIC provide further insight into heavy-ion collisions at high energies.
Read article 'The tale of the Hagedorn temperature'
The tale of the Hagedorn temperature
Johann Rafelski and Torleif Ericson recall Rolf Hagedorn's discovery of a limiting temperature - in effect a melting point for hadrons - and its influence on the physics of strong interactions.
