Read article 'Higgs boson reaches the top'
Higgs boson reaches the top
The CMS collaboration has published the first direct observation of the coupling between the Higgs boson and the top quark.
Read article 'Higgs boson reaches the top'
Read article 'ALICE probes partons inside lead nuclei'
ALICE probes partons inside lead nuclei
The large centre-of-mass energy and luminosity of the LHC have made possible the first measurements of electroweak-boson production in ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions.
Read article 'Central exclusive production at LHCb'
Central exclusive production at LHCb
Four years ago, LHCb measured the central exclusive production (CEP) of J/ψ and ψ(2S) mesons at a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV (CERN Courier March 2014 p7). In CEP, two incoming protons emerge i...
Read article 'Trigger-level searches for low-mass dijet resonances'
Trigger-level searches for low-mass dijet resonances
Dijet searches look for a resonance in the two-jet invariant mass spectrum.
Read article 'HESS proves the power of TeV astronomy'
HESS proves the power of TeV astronomy
To celebrate its 15th anniversary, the HESS collaboration has published its largest set of scientific results to date.
Read article 'Beams back in LHC for final phase of Run 2'
Beams back in LHC for final phase of Run 2
Shortly after midday on 30 March, protons circulated in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) for the first time in 2018. Following its annual winter shutdown for maintenance and upgrades, the machine now e...
Read article 'DESY sets out vision for the future'
DESY sets out vision for the future
The laboratory’s plans for the 2020s include building the world’s most powerful X-ray microscope and constructing a new centre for data and computing science.
Read article 'Flooded LHC data centre back in business'
Flooded LHC data centre back in business
Following severe damage caused by flooding on 9 November, the INFN-CNAF Tier-1 data centre of the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid (WLCG) in Bologna, Italy, has been fully repaired and is back in business...
Read article 'First hints of ultra-rare kaon decay'
First hints of ultra-rare kaon decay
The NA62 collaboration at CERN has found a candidate event for the ultra-rare decay K+ → π+ ν ν, demonstrating the experiment’s potential to test heavily-suppressed corners of the Stand...
Read article 'Antihydrogen spectroscopy enters precision era'
Antihydrogen spectroscopy enters precision era
Measurements of the hydrogen’s spectral structure agree with theoretical predictions to a few parts in 1015. Researchers have long sought to match this precision for antihydrogen.
