Read article 'The challenge of the pentaquarks'
The challenge of the pentaquarks
Volker Burkert reports on Pentaquark 2003, the first topical workshop on exotic baryons, which was held at Jefferson Lab in November.
Read article 'The challenge of the pentaquarks'
Read article 'ISOLTRAP pins down masses of exotic nuclei'
ISOLTRAP pins down masses of exotic nuclei
Researchers using the Penning trap mass spectrometer, ISOLTRAP, at the ISOLDE facility at CERN have published new high-precision measurements of the mass of short-lived radionuclides of argon and copp...
Read article 'The atomic nucleus as a laboratory'
The atomic nucleus as a laboratory
The 28th Mazurian Lakes Conference on Physics, which took place from 31 August to 7 September 2003 in Krzyze, Poland, looked at the atomic nucleus as a laboratory for fundamental processes.
Read article 'New five-quark states found at CERN'
New five-quark states found at CERN
Only a few months after the first burst of excitement over the appearance at several laboratories of what seems to be a new five-quark particle, evidence has been found for a different five-quark stat...
Read article 'GSI Darmstadt gains credit for new element'
GSI Darmstadt gains credit for new element
The Joint Working Party (JWP) on the priority of claims to the discovery of new elements has officially credited the research collaboration led by Sigurd Hofmann at the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenfo...
Read article 'Deuterons display surprising spin gymnastics'
Deuterons display surprising spin gymnastics
Just before the Cooler Ring at the Indiana University Cyclotron Facility (IUCF) passed into history, it produced another impressive result using the ring's unique accelerator physics capabilities.
Read article 'Physics from heaven and Earth'
Physics from heaven and Earth
The International Europhysics Conference on High Energy Physics of the European Physical Society (HEP-EPS) provided a superb synergy between physics, history and music, as Felicitas Pauss reports.
Read article 'Symmetries and structures'
Symmetries and structures
Siegfried Krewald reports the news from the Hadron Physics at COSY workshop.
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.
