Read article 'Precise measurement of sin2θW at CMS'
Precise measurement of sin2θW at CMS
The electroweak mixing angle is a key parameter defining how the SM unifies the electromagnetic and weak forces.
Read article 'Precise measurement of sin2θW at CMS'
Read article 'The rarest B0 decay ever observed'
The rarest B0 decay ever observed
The LHCb collaboration has observed the rare baryonic decay B0 → pp, as first presented at the European Physical Society conference in Venice in early July. The branching fraction was measured a...
Read article 'Charm flow in the quark–gluon plasma'
Charm flow in the quark–gluon plasma
The ALICE collaboration has reported a measurement of the azimuthal anisotropy in the production of D mesons, which contain a charm quark, when measured relative to the estimated reaction plane of lea...
Read article 'ATLAS hunts for new physics with dibosons'
ATLAS hunts for new physics with dibosons
Many Standard Model extensions predict new resonances that can decay into a pair of bosons, for example: VV, Vh, Vγ and γγ.
Read article 'Optical survey pinpoints dark-matter structure'
Optical survey pinpoints dark-matter structure
Dark Energy Survey (DES) will predict cosmological parameters such as the fractions of dark energy, dark matter and normal matter.
Read article 'Slovenia accedes to associate membership'
Slovenia accedes to associate membership
Slovenian physicists contributed to CERN’s programme long before Slovenia became an independent state in 1991.
Read article 'Revamped HIE-ISOLDE serves experiments'
Revamped HIE-ISOLDE serves experiments
CERN’s long-running radioactive-ion-beam facility ISOLDE, which produces beams for a wide range of scientific communities, has recently been upgraded to allow higher-energy beams. In July, the secon...
Read article 'Precision study reveals proton to be lighter'
Precision study reveals proton to be lighter
A team in Germany has made the most precise measurement to date of the mass of a single proton, achieving a precision of 32 parts-per-trillion (ppt). The result not only improves on the precision of ...
Read article 'KEDR pins down R at low energies'
KEDR pins down R at low energies
The KEDR collaboration has used the VEPP-4M electron–positron collider at the Budker Institute in Russia to make the most precise measurement of the quantity “R” in the low-energy range. R is de...
Read article 'SKA and CERN co-operate on extreme computing'
SKA and CERN co-operate on extreme computing
On 14 July, the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) organisation signed an agreement with CERN to formalize their collaboration in the area of extreme-scale computing. The agreement will address the challeng...
