Read article 'LHCb’s results become more precise'
LHCb’s results become more precise
At the 2014 Rencontres de Moriond conference in March, the collaboration presented more precise results from a number of different analyses.
Read article 'LHCb’s results become more precise'
Read article 'ATLAS uses t → qH decays to pin down the Higgs'
ATLAS uses t → qH decays to pin down the Higgs
Since the observation of a Higgs boson at a mass around 125.5 GeV by ATLAS and CMS in July 2012, both collaborations are making every effort to pin it down and decide if it is indeed the Higgs boson ...
Read article 'LHCf investigates proton–lead collisions'
LHCf investigates proton–lead collisions
The final run of the LHC in January 2013 prior to the start of the current long shutdown provided collisions between a beam of protons and a beam of lead ions, allowing the LHCf experiment to make fur...
Read article 'OPERA sees a fourth τ neutrino'
OPERA sees a fourth τ neutrino
e OPERA experiment at the INFN Gran Sasso Laboratory has detected a fourth example of neutrino oscillation, with a muon neutrino produced at CERN detected as a τ neutrino after travelling a distance ...
Read article 'BICEP2 finds evidence of cosmic inflation'
BICEP2 finds evidence of cosmic inflation
The news came as a surprise on 17 March, making a “big bang” in the physics community. Within hours of the announcement, physicists around the world had become aware of the existence ...
Read article 'LS1: on the home straight'
LS1: on the home straight
When the shift crew in the CERN Control Centre extracted the beams from the LHC on 14 February last year, it marked the beginning of the first long shutdown, LS1, not only for the LHC but for all of ...
Read article 'Tevatron experiments find missing piece in top-quark puzzle'
Tevatron experiments find missing piece in top-quark puzzle
Data from the CDF and D0 experiments at the Tevatron have revealed one of the rarest methods of producing a top quark
Read article 'CDMS puts new constraints on dark-matter particles'
CDMS puts new constraints on dark-matter particles
While it is now generally accepted that dark matter makes up the majority of the mass in the universe, little is known about what it is.
Read article 'Beauty-quark decays reveal photon polarization'
Beauty-quark decays reveal photon polarization
The Standard Model predicts that the photons emitted in b → sγ transitions, which can only occur through loop-level processes, are predominantly left-handed.
Read article 'First observation of Z-boson production via weak-boson fusion'
First observation of Z-boson production via weak-boson fusion
The fusion of two weak bosons is an important process that can be used to probe the electroweak sector of the Standard Model.
