Read article 'CMS discovers the Ξb*0'
CMS discovers the Ξb*0
The new state is observed with a significance exceeding 5σ and a mass of 5945.0 ± 2.8 MeV.
Read article 'CMS discovers the Ξb*0'
Read article 'Dijets confirm the Standard Model'
Dijets confirm the Standard Model
Dijet measurements provide an excellent tool not only to probe high transverse-momentum parton interactions to study QCD but also to look for signs of new phenomena beyond the Standard Model.
Read article 'Deferred triggering optimizes CPU use'
Deferred triggering optimizes CPU use
Like all of the LHC experiments, LHCb relies on a tremendous amount of CPU power to select interesting events out of the many millions that the LHC produces every second.
Read article 'Ramping up to higher luminosity'
Ramping up to higher luminosity
After a flying start, with the first stable beams at the new energy of 4 TeV on 5 April, the LHC successfully operated with 1380 bunches per beam – the maximum planned for 2012 – on 18 April.
Read article 'RENO observes disappearance of electron-antineutrinos'
RENO observes disappearance of electron-antineutrinos
The Reactor Experiment for Neutrino Oscillations (RENO) has performed a definitive measurement of the neutrino-oscillation mixing angle.
Read article 'Hungary to host extension to CERN data centre'
Hungary to host extension to CERN data centre
Following a competitive call for tender, CERN has signed a contract with the Wigner Research Centre for Physics in Budapest for an extension to CERN’s data centre.
Read article 'Black hole is seen feasting on a stellar core'
Black hole is seen feasting on a stellar core
Astronomers have gathered the most direct evidence yet of a supermassive black hole shredding a star that wandered too close to it. By following the event over hundreds of days they could identify for...
Read article 'LHC yields data rapidly at new collision energy of 8 TeV'
LHC yields data rapidly at new collision energy of 8 TeV
At 12.38 a.m. on 5 April, the LHC shift crew declared "stable beams" as two 4 TeV proton beams were brought into collision at the LHC’s four interaction points.
Read article 'Edoardo Amaldi ATV launches into space'
Edoardo Amaldi ATV launches into space
A leading figure of 20th-century experimental physics, Edoardo Amaldi was one of the main players in the process that turned the dreams of large, transnational scientific projects among European count...
Read article 'Daya Bay collaboration observes a new kind of neutrino oscillation'
Daya Bay collaboration observes a new kind of neutrino oscillation
The Daya Bay reactor antineutrino experiment has observed the disappearance of electron-antineutrinos at a distance of about 2 km from the reactors.
