Read article 'Trieste focuses on hadrons'
Trieste focuses on hadrons
A meeting at the ICTP in Trieste brought together participants from the hadronic-physics and heavy-ion communities.
Read article 'Trieste focuses on hadrons'
Read article 'Precision pins down the electron’s magnetism'
Precision pins down the electron’s magnetism
A measurement of the electron magnetic moment using the combination of several leading-edge techniques has achieved new levels of accuracy, yielding a more precise value for the fine structure constan...
Read article 'Trap gives precise new value for fine structure constant'
Trap gives precise new value for fine structure constant
A team at Harvard University has made a new precise measurement of the electron magnetic moment, which in turns allows the fine structure constant to be determined with an uncertainty 10 times smaller...
Read article 'Workshop focuses on top-quark physics'
Workshop focuses on top-quark physics
More than 80 physicists from all over the world met in January in the ancient Portuguese town of Coimbra to take part in the International Workshop on Top Quark Physics, TOP2006.
Read article 'ASACUSA measures antiproton mass with record precision'
ASACUSA measures antiproton mass with record precision
The Japanese-European ASACUSA team at CERN has measured the antiproton-to-electron-mass ratio to record-breaking accuracy.
Read article 'COMPASS homes in on the nucleon spin'
COMPASS homes in on the nucleon spin
In continuing CERN's long tradition in investigating and unravelling the spin structure of the nucleon, the COMPASS experiment is also pioneering new detection techniques.
Read article 'The QCD Vacuum Hadrons and Superdense Matter, 2nd edition'
The QCD Vacuum Hadrons and Superdense Matter, 2nd edition
This book is invaluable for particle and nuclear physicists and comprises extensive lecture notes on non-perturbative quantum chromodynamics.
Read article 'HERMES looks for final pieces in nucleon-spin puzzle'
HERMES looks for final pieces in nucleon-spin puzzle
Having successfully fulfilled its mission to track down the quark contribution to the nucleon's spin, HERMES now aims at providing an even more complete picture of nucleon spin.
Read article 'The HERMES gas target: 10 years on'
The HERMES gas target: 10 years on
Erhard Steffens describes the various phases in a successful decade of operation of the HERMES gas target, which may live on with future use for antiproton polarization.
Read article 'Nucleon form factors stride into the future'
Nucleon form factors stride into the future
At a three-day meeting at Frascati, physicists from around the world met to discuss the implications of striking new results on the nucleon space-like and time-like form factors.
