Read article 'CMS updates its search for diphoton resonances'
CMS updates its search for diphoton resonances
The energies of particles can be measured with the CMS electromagnetic and hadronic calorimeters without a magnet.
Read article 'CMS updates its search for diphoton resonances'
Read article 'World’s most precise measurements and search for the X(5568) tetraquark candidate'
World’s most precise measurements and search for the X(5568) tetraquark candidate
At the Rencontres de Moriond EW conference held at La Thuile (Italy) from 12 to 19 March, the LHCb collaboration presented new important results. CKM γ-angle measurements. The parameters that descri...
Read article 'CALET sees events in millions'
CALET sees events in millions
The CALorimetric Electron Telescope has observed more than a hundred million events at energies above 10 GeV.
Read article 'Fast radio bursts reveal unexpected properties'
Fast radio bursts reveal unexpected properties
Two studies show that fast radio bursts (FRBs) have a richer phenomenology than initially thought and might originate in two different classes.
Read article 'The LHC is restarting'
The LHC is restarting
The LHC, last among all of CERN’s accelerators, is resuming operation with beam while this issue goes to press. The year-end technical stop (YETS) started on 14 December 2015. During the 11...
Read article 'Searches with boosted topologies at Run 2'
Searches with boosted topologies at Run 2
ATLAS exploited the optimised boson tagging in the search for heavy resonances decaying into a pair of two electroweak gauge bosons (WW, WZ, ZZ) or of a gauge boson and a Higgs boson (WH, ZH).
Read article 'Anisotropic flow in Run 2'
Anisotropic flow in Run 2
Exploiting the data collected during November 2015 with Pb–Pb collisions at the record-breaking energy of √sNN = 5.02 TeV, ALICE measured for the first time the anisotropic flow of charged part...
Read article 'CMS hunts for supersymmetry in uncharted territory'
CMS hunts for supersymmetry in uncharted territory
With the increase in the LHC centre-of-mass energy from 8 to 13 TeV, the production cross-section for hypothetical SUSY partners rises.
Read article 'LHCb awards physics prizes for its Kaggle competition'
LHCb awards physics prizes for its Kaggle competition
Machine learning, also known in physics circles as multivariate analysis, is used more and more in high-energy physics, most visibly in data analysis but also in other applications such as trigger and...
Read article 'Another important step for the AWAKE experiment'
Another important step for the AWAKE experiment
By harnessing the power of wakefields generated by a proton beam in a plasma cell, the AWAKE experiment at CERN (CERN Courier November 2013 p17) aims to produce accelerator gradients that are hundreds...
