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SHINE shines a light on neutrino beams

The NA61 experiment at CERN, also known as SHINE, has made new measurements that will help physicists work out the content of neutrino beams used in experiments in the US

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07 June, 2023
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07 June, 2023

LHC experiments see first evidence of a rare Higgs boson decay

The ATLAS and CMS collaborations have joined forces to establish the first evidence of the rare decay of the Higgs boson into a Z boson and a photon

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26 May, 2023

ISOLDE takes a solid tick forward towards a nuclear clock

The observation at CERN’s nuclear physics facility of a long-sought decay of the thorium-229 nucleus in a solid-state system is a key step towards a clock that could outclass today’s most precise atomic clocks

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24 May, 2023

Probing fundamental symmetries of nature with the Higgs boson

The ATLAS collaboration tested Higgs-boson interactions with the carriers of the weak force, looking for signs of charge-parity symmetry violation

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21 April, 2023

ALICE sees the ridge in simplest collisions yet

The observation brings physicists a step closer to finding the origin of collective phenomena in small collision systems

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31 March, 2023

Where does the Higgs boson come from?

The observed mass of the Higgs boson is, from the theoretical point of view, unnaturally small. This conundrum is forcing physicists to explore exotic explanations.

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30 March, 2023
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30 March, 2023

ATLAS and CMS observe simultaneous production of four top quarks

The ATLAS and CMS collaborations have both observed the simultaneous production of four top quarks, a rare phenomenon that could hold the key to physics beyond the Standard Model

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24 March, 2023

New LHC experiments enter uncharted territory

The first observation of collider neutrinos at the LHC paves the way for exploring new physics scenarios

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22 March, 2023

W boson turns 40

Forty years ago today, physicists at CERN announced to the world that they had discovered the electrically charged carrier of the weak force, one of nature’s four fundamental forces

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25 January, 2023
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25 January, 2023

ATLAS delivers most precise luminosity measurement at the LHC

Precise knowledge of luminosity is crucial for both searches for new phenomena and precision measurements of known Standard Model processes

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24 January, 2023