Read article 'The last dipole makes its descent'
The last dipole makes its descent
On 26 April, the last superconducting magnet for the LHC descended into the accelerator tunnel.
Read article 'The last dipole makes its descent'
Read article 'First LHC sector reaches 1.9 K'
First LHC sector reaches 1.9 K
The first sector of the LHC to be cooled reached its operating temperature of 1.9 K for the first time on 10 April.
Read article 'B-factories yield first evidence for elusive D⁰–D̅⁰ mixing'
B-factories yield first evidence for elusive D⁰–D̅⁰ mixing
It is more than 50 years since researchers first observed particle–antiparticle mixing, with the discovery of a second, longer-lived neutral kaon state. This discovery pre-dated the quark model, but...
Read article 'Theory ties strings round jet suppression'
Theory ties strings round jet suppression
The properties of quark–gluon plasma (QGP), where the quarks and gluons are no longer confined within hadrons, lead to intriguing effects that have already been studied in heavy-ion collisions at CE...
Read article 'MiniBooNE solves neutrino mystery'
MiniBooNE solves neutrino mystery
The MiniBooNE Collaboration at Fermilab has revealed its first findings.
Read article 'Coupled-clusters point to faster computation'
Coupled-clusters point to faster computation
Calculations of the structure of heavy nuclei have long suffered from the difficulties presented by the sheer complexity of the many-body system, with all of its protons and neutrons.
Read article 'Light source gets off to a good start with first electron bunch'
Light source gets off to a good start with first electron bunch
Commissioning of the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) at SLAC began on 5 April when physicists and engineers started up the electron-injector system for the first time, and created and accelerated ...
Read article 'GRB afterglow challenges theory'
GRB afterglow challenges theory
An extremely bright and long afterglow of a rather common gamma-ray burst (GRB) was observed during four months by the X-ray telescope of NASA’s Swift satellite. Such a long-lasting X-ray emissi...
Read article 'ICFA releases ILC design report'
ICFA releases ILC design report
The International Committee for Future Accelerators (ICFA) has released the Reference Design Report (RDR) for a future International Linear Collider (ILC)
Read article 'SLAC demonstrates plasma ‘afterburner’'
SLAC demonstrates plasma ‘afterburner’
A team of researchers at SLAC has shown that plasma acceleration can dramatically boost the energy of particles over a short distance.
