Read article 'RICH meeting provides a wealth of information'
RICH meeting provides a wealth of information
RICH2004, held in the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico, presented a snapshot of the lively field of Cherenkov light imaging.
Read article 'RICH meeting provides a wealth of information'
Read article 'Physics in the Italian Alps'
Physics in the Italian Alps
In February, 120 physicists travelled to the mountain village of La Thuile in Italy to discuss results and perspectives in particle physics. Michael Koratzinos reports.
Read article 'Rewriting the rules on proton acceleration'
Rewriting the rules on proton acceleration
Ken Takayama describes recent tests at KEK that have demonstrated induction acceleration in a proton synchrotron.
Read article 'LHC upgrade takes shape with CARE and attention'
LHC upgrade takes shape with CARE and attention
Even before the Large Hadron Collider has accelerated its first beams, various groups have begun to plan an upgrade scheduled for around the middle of the next decade.
Read article 'Exploiting the synergy between great and small'
Exploiting the synergy between great and small
Cosmological discoveries shed new light on the nature of fundamental particles, and vice versa. This synergy between the greatest and the smallest components of the universe was the subject of the 200...
Read article 'STAR has silicon at its core'
STAR has silicon at its core
A silicon strip detector is providing more power for particle detection in Brookhaven National Laboratory's STAR experiment.
Read article 'HERA hits new heights'
HERA hits new heights
Ferdinand Willeke reports on the challenges faced by the HERA crew to get the accelerator back into full swing after a major luminosity upgrade in 2001.
Read article 'Spin time in Italy'
Spin time in Italy
The SPIN 2004 symposium in Trieste provided a showcase for the latest developments in this key area of particle and nuclear physics.
Read article 'News from the frontline in the hunt for exotic nuclei'
News from the frontline in the hunt for exotic nuclei
In Russia last summer 220 scientists attended an international symposium reviewing present and future research into exotic nuclei.
Read article 'Protons on the doorstep of the LHC'
Protons on the doorstep of the LHC
The first of the two new beam transfer lines to the LHC was successfully commissioned in autumn 2004. At the first attempt a low-intensity proton beam passed down the line to a few metres before the L...
