Read article 'Tracing molecules at the vacuum frontier'
The CERN-developed simulator “Molflow” has become the de-facto industry standard for ultra-high-vacuum simulations, with applications ranging from chip manufacturing to the exploration of the Mart...
Read article 'CMS looks forward to new physics with PPS'
A new CMS subdetector – the Precision Proton Spectrometer (PPS) – allows the electroweak sector of the Standard Model to be probed in regions so far unexplored.
Read article 'First light beckons at SLAC’s LCLS-II'
An ambitious upgrade of the US flagship X-ray free-electron laser rests on sustained cooperation with high-energy physics labs in the US, Europe and Japan.
Read article 'CERN Courier’s Higgstory'
The CERN Courier editors take a tour through the magazine's Higgs archives.
Read article 'The Higgs after LHC'
Exploring the Higgs boson’s couplings to other particles and the shape of its potential could be the key to physics beyond the Standard Model.
Read article 'Through the Higgs portal'
Frank Wilczek explains why the Higgs sector could act as a portal through which to access a wide class of “phantom” particles that might otherwise elude detection.
Read article 'The thrill of the chase'
Confirming the electroweak Standard Model drove three major projects at CERN spanning three decades, culminating in the discovery of the Higgs boson on 4 July 2012. Matthew Chalmers captures a glimpse...
Read article 'A triumph for theory'
Gerard ’t Hooft reflects on how renormalisation elevated the Brout–Englert–Higgs mechanism to a consistent theory capable of making testable predictions.
Read article 'The origin of particle masses'
Gilad Perez links the Higgs boson to the puzzling pattern of the fermion masses.
Read article 'The Higgs and the fate of the universe'
The masses of the Higgs boson and the top quark hint that there must be physics beyond the SM that prevents the universe from decaying into a new vacuum state, argues John Ellis.
