Read article 'German Chancellor starts up DESY’s free-electron laser'
German Chancellor starts up DESY’s free-electron laser
Gerhard Schröder handed DESY's new vacuum-ultraviolet free-electron laser, VUV-FEL, over to the scientists.
Read article 'German Chancellor starts up DESY’s free-electron laser'
Read article 'BES collaboration observes possible baryonium state'
BES collaboration observes possible baryonium state
In a sample of 58 million J/ψ events, the BES collaboration at the Beijing Electron Positron Collider (BEPC) has found a clear signal (7.7σ statistical significance) for a new resonance, the X(1835)...
Read article 'Swift catches afterglows of gamma-ray bursts'
Swift catches afterglows of gamma-ray bursts
The ability of NASA’s Swift satellite to point its X-ray telescope rapidly towards gamma-ray bursts is, for the first time, allowing the study of the afterglow phase a minute or so after the act...
Read article 'Fermilab’s Recycler beams take electron cooling to new heights'
Fermilab’s Recycler beams take electron cooling to new heights
After 10 years of preparation, a team at Fermilab has achieved electron cooling at high energy.
Read article 'KamLAND detects geoneutrinos'
KamLAND detects geoneutrinos
The Kamioka liquid-scintillator antineutrino detector (KamLAND) has made the first observation of "geoneutrinos".
Read article 'ATLAS calorimeter records cosmic-ray events underground'
ATLAS calorimeter records cosmic-ray events underground
On the evening of 21 June, the ATLAS detector, now being installed in the underground experimental hall UX15 at CERN, reached an important psychological milestone: the first cosmic-ray events were rec...
Read article 'BaBar collaboration detects new resonance'
BaBar collaboration detects new resonance
Charmonium spectroscopy has seen a revival over the past year or so, with various groups reporting heavy charmonium states (see CERN Courier January 2004 p9). The BaBar collaboration has now added to ...
Read article 'Belle observes b → d'
Belle observes b → d
The Belle collaboration, with a detector operating at the KEKB facility, has recently reported that they have observed the rare b → d transitions.
Read article 'INFN and industry to build new cyclotron for hadron therapy'
INFN and industry to build new cyclotron for hadron therapy
Italy’s National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN), ACCEL Instruments GmbH and Ansaldo Superconduttori are to collaborate on a novel superconducting multiparticle cyclotron for hadron therapy...
Read article 'Astronomers discover possible 10th planet'
Astronomers discover possible 10th planet
A planet larger than Pluto has been discovered orbiting the Sun at more than three times the current distance from the Sun to Pluto. It is a clear member of the Kuiper belt of objects beyond the orbit...
