ATLAS probes dark matter using the Higgs boson
The Higgs boson plays a crucial role in the search for dark matter at the Large Hadron Collider
Advancements
Fresh antimatter study by ALICE collaboration will help with the search for dark matter
The study of light antinuclei – from creation to annihilation – will bolster future indirect dark matter searches This media update is part of a series related to the 2020 Large Hadron Collider Physics conference, taking place from 25 to 30 May 2020. Originally planned to take place in Paris, the conference is being held entirely
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Neutron stars show their cores
A combination of theoretical calculations and information from astronomical observations indicates that massive neutron stars can contain cores filled with free quarks Artist’s impression of a neutron star’s interior. The deeper the layer, the denser it is. (Image: Jyrki Hokkanen, CSC – IT Center for Science Ltd., Finland) Dive into the interior of neutron stars and
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MARS Bioimaging is seeking partners to better enable drug development and therapy monitoring for COVID-19 and other lung diseases
Background The current standard for definitive diagnosis of COVID-19 is the real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). While this is a highly sensitive and specific test for COVID-19, it does not measure the severity nor progress of the associated lung disease. Significance of CERN Technology/MARS imaging could help COVID-19 treatment monitoring and drug development Mars technology
CERN collaborations present new results on particles with charm quarks
The ALICE, CMS and LHCb collaborations present new measurements that show how particles containing charm quarks can serve as “messengers” of hadrons and the quark–gluon plasma, carrying information about these forms of matter The Xc1(3872) hadron, which contains charm quarks, could be a pair of two-quark particles loosely bound together. (Image: CERN) This media update
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The Antiproton Decelerator
The Antiproton Decelerator (AD) is a unique machine that produces low-energy antiprotons for studies of antimatter, and “creates” antiatoms. The Decelerator produces antiproton beams and sends them to the different experiments. A proton beam that comes from the PS (Proton Synchrotron) is fired into a block of metal. These collisions create a multitude of secondary
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Accelerating: Radiofrequency Cavities
To accelerate particles, the accelerators are fitted with metallic chambers containing an electromagnetic field known as radiofrequency (RF) cavities. Charged particles injected into this field receive an electrical impulse that accelerates them. In the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), 16 RF cavities are housed in four cylindrical refrigerators called cryomodules, which enable them to work in a
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The Higgs Boson
At CERN on 4 July 2012, the ATLAS and CMS collaborations present evidence in the LHC data for a particle consistent with a Higgs boson, the particle linked to the mechanism proposed in the 1960s to give mass to the W, Z and other particles. (Image: Maximilien Brice/Laurent Egli/CERN) The Brout-Englert-Higgs mechanism In the 1970s, physicists