Read article 'The Physics of Particle Detection'
The Physics of Particle Detection
Claus Grupen reviews in 2000 The Physics of Particle Detection.
Read article 'The Physics of Particle Detection'
Read article 'Meeting the ALICE data challenge'
Meeting the ALICE data challenge
Imagine trying to record a symphony in a second. That is effectively what CERN's ALICE collaboration will have to do when the laboratory's forthcoming Large Hadron Collider (LHC) starts up in 2005.
Read article 'Between neutrinos and the deep blue sea'
Between neutrinos and the deep blue sea
For many years, physicists searching for and studying delicate physics effects have been working in the shelter of large underground installations. Now the ocean too is the scene of new physics dev...
Read article 'Brookhaven detector goes to Fermilab'
Brookhaven detector goes to Fermilab
Both D0 and the Tevatron are currently undergoing major upgrades prior to the next run, which is set for March 2001.
Read article 'CMS changes to silicon track'
CMS changes to silicon track
The collaboration for the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment at CERN's future LHC collider will base its tracker entirely on silicon sensor technology using fine feature size electronics.
Read article 'NASA to work with Stanford for major astrophysics project'
NASA to work with Stanford for major astrophysics project
In a move that underlines the growing requirement for sophisticated hardware for precision physics experiments in space, NASA has announced an award to Stanford University for the development of the...
Read article 'Weapons abandoned in favour of detectors'
Weapons abandoned in favour of detectors
The Cold War once absorbed a tremendous amount of resources and talent on both sides of the Iron Curtain. Particle physics is now at the forefront of a major, international effort that is refocusing...
Read article 'Physics in space'
Physics in space
Superconducting tunnel junctions have been developed as photon-counting spectroscopic detectors for ground- and space based astrophysical research. Arrays of tantalum-based junctions have now reache...
Read article 'First major CMS production is over'
First major CMS production is over
The first major contract for the CMS experiment at CERN's LHC was completed last month when the last of 120 forged iron blocks rolled off the production line at the Izhora factory, St Petersburg.
Read article 'CLAS at Jefferson offers a new subnuclear view'
CLAS at Jefferson offers a new subnuclear view
In Experimental Hall B at the Jefferson Laboratory, Newport News, Virginia, the CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer has opened a new "window" on the building blocks of matter: mesons, nuclei and n...
