Read article 'ATLAS homes in on Higgs-quark couplings'
ATLAS homes in on Higgs-quark couplings
The two heaviest quarks, the bottom and top, are particularly interesting because they have the largest couplings to the Higgs boson.
Read article 'ATLAS homes in on Higgs-quark couplings'
Read article 'CMS investigates the width of the top quark'
CMS investigates the width of the top quark
Twenty years after its discovery at the Tevatron collider at Fermilab, interest in studying the top quark at the LHC is higher than ever.
Read article 'LHCb targets new source of CP violation'
LHCb targets new source of CP violation
The LHCb collaboration presented new results at the 8th International Workshop on Charm Physics (Charm 2016), which took place in Bologna on 5 to 9 September. Among various novelties, the collaboratio...
Read article 'ALICE explores shear viscosity in QCD matter'
ALICE explores shear viscosity in QCD matter
One of the key goals in exploring the properties of QCD matter is to pin down the temperature dependence of the shear-viscosity to entropy-density ratio (η/s). In the limit of a weakly interactin...
Read article 'Gaia compiles largest ever stellar survey'
Gaia compiles largest ever stellar survey
On 13 September, 1000 days after the satellite’s launch, the Gaia team published a preliminary catalogue of more than a billion stars.
Read article 'Proton-radius puzzle deepens'
Proton-radius puzzle deepens
The international CREMA (Charge Radius Experiment with Muonic Atoms) collaboration has measured the radius of the deuteron more accurately than ever before, finding that it is significantly smaller th...
Read article 'DIRAC experiment observes new exotic atom'
DIRAC experiment observes new exotic atom
Inclusive πK production via the interaction p + Ni → π−K+ + X. The ionisation or break up of AKπ leads to so-called atomic pairs. Image credit: arXiv:1605.06103v1. The DIRAC (DIm...
Read article 'AMS reports unexpected result in antiproton data'
AMS reports unexpected result in antiproton data
AMS has now measured the antiproton flux and the antiproton-to-proton flux ratio in primary cosmic rays with unprecedented precision.
Read article 'LHC hits 2016 luminosity target'
LHC hits 2016 luminosity target
At the end of August, two months ahead of schedule, the integrated luminosity delivered by the LHC reached the 2016 target value of 25 fb–1 in both the ATLAS and CMS experiments. The milest...
Read article 'Beamline competition calls all schools'
Beamline competition calls all schools
CERN has announced the 4th edition of its Beamline for Schools Competition.
