Read article 'Lead nuclei under scrutiny at LHCb'
In 2016 the LHC collided protons and lead nuclei for the first time at a centre-of-mass energy of 8.16 TeV per nucleon–nucleon pair. In lead–lead collisions, the formation of the quark–gluon p...
Read article 'J/ψ mesons reveal stronger nuclear effects in pPb collisions'
Quarkonium states, such as the J/ψ meson, are prominent probes of the quark–gluon plasma (QGP) formed in high-energy nucleus–nucleus (AA) collisions. That bulk J/ψ production is suppressed in AA...
Read article 'LHCb discovers new baryon'
The LHCb collaboration has discovered a new weakly decaying particle: a baryon called the Ξ++cc, which contains two charm quarks and an up quark. The discovery of the new particle, which was observed...
Read article 'ALICE zooms in on evolution of the quark–gluon plasma'
The precise particle-identification and momentum-measurement capabilities of the ALICE experiment allow researchers to reconstruct a variety of short-lived particles or resonances in heavy-ion collisi...
Read article 'FAIR forges its future'
Supernova explosions, neutron-star mergers and rare radioactive ions might not seem to have much connection to terrestrial matters. Yet, while the lightest elements were synthesised immediately after ...
Read article 'Proton–proton collisions become stranger'
Recreating the intense fireball of quarks and gluons that existed immediately after the Big Bang, the quark–gluon plasma (QGP), traditionally requires high-energy collisions between heavy ions such ...
Read article 'LHCb brings cosmic collisions down to Earth'
The LHCb collaboration has generated high-energy collisions between protons and helium nuclei similar to those that take place when cosmic rays strike the interstellar medium.
Read article 'ALICE reveals dominance of collective flow'
The study of the anisotropic flow in heavy-ion collisions at the LHC, which measures the momentum anisotropy of the final-state particles, has been effective in characterising the extreme states of ma...
Read article 'ATLAS reveals more strangeness in the proton'
The excellent theoretical understanding of the production of electroweak W and Z gauge bosons in proton–proton collisions at the LHC makes these “standard-candle” processes ideal for studying th...
Read article 'ALICE measures shape of the QGP fireball at freeze-out'
Heavy-ion collisions at LHC energies create a hot and dense medium of deconfined quarks and gluons, known as the quark–gluon plasma (QGP). The QGP fireball first expands, cools and then freezes out ...
