Read article 'ALICE revolutionizes TOF systems'
ALICE revolutionizes TOF systems
The ALICE TOF is made of 1593 MRPCs, each of which is 120 cm long and consists of a double-stack MRPC, with a total of 10 gaps 250 μm wide
Read article 'ALICE revolutionizes TOF systems'
Read article 'ATLAS looks at vector bosons plus jets…'
ATLAS looks at vector bosons plus jets…
While searches with 2011 LHC data for the Higgs and new physics caught the headlines over the summer, detailed studies of 2010 data continue to yield high-precision physics.
Read article '…and measures suppression of single jets in heavy-ion collisions'
…and measures suppression of single jets in heavy-ion collisions
While primarily designed for proton–proton collisions, the ATLAS detector is also an excellent tool to perform measurements in the hot, dense environment of heavy-ion collisions, where temperatures ...
Read article 'New results from CMS on top quarks'
New results from CMS on top quarks
About a year ago, the CMS collaboration released its first publication on studies of the top quark.
Read article 'Herschel favours quiet galaxy build-up theory'
Herschel favours quiet galaxy build-up theory
Did most galaxies form their stars through violent and tumultuous merging events or via more steady and gentle processes? A study of deep-field observations by the Herschel Space Observatory favours a...
Read article 'Daya Bay experiment begins taking data'
Daya Bay experiment begins taking data
The Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment has begun its quest to answer some of the puzzling questions that still remain about neutrinos.
Read article 'ALICE measures the shape of
head-on lead–lead collisions'
ALICE measures the shape of head-on lead–lead collisions
One the many surprises to have emerged from studies of heavy-ion collisions at Brookhaven's Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) and now at CERN's LHC concerns the extreme fluidity of the dense matt...
Read article 'Lepton Photon goes to Mumbai'
Lepton Photon goes to Mumbai
The global nature of modern particle physics was clearly manifest at the biennial Lepton Photon conference that took place this year in India.
Read article 'LHC@home 2.0 attracts massive support'
LHC@home 2.0 attracts massive support
The public launch in August of a new application for CERN's volunteer-computing platform LHC@home produced an overwhelming response.
Read article 'LHCb pins down the Bs mixing phase'
LHCb pins down the Bs mixing phase
The LHCb collaboration's presentation at Lepton Photon 2011 included one of the most eagerly awaited measurements in flavour physics.
