News tagged with particle collisions

Magnetic monopole experiment at CERN could rewrite laws of physics

(PhysOrg.com) -- An experiment led by a University of Alberta researcher, at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, could dramatically change our concepts of basic physics, revolutionize our understanding of the Universe ...

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created Mar 24, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (33) | comments 33 | with audio podcast

First physics from the Large Hadron Collider's CMS detector

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists working on the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC have just published results of the first analysis of data from the highest energy particle collisions ever carried out, bringing us ...

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created Feb 17, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (34) | comments 63 | with audio podcast

Record-breaking LHC collisions offer first glimpse of physics at new energy frontier

(PhysOrg.com) -- In December, the Large Hadron Collider, the world's largest particle accelerator, shattered the world record for highest energy particle collisions.

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created Feb 05, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (40) | comments 43 | with audio podcast

What will the Large Hadron Collider reveal?

With its successful test run at the end of 2009, the Large Hadron Collider near Geneva, Switzerland, seized the world record for the highest-energy particle collisions created by mankind. We can now reflect ...

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created Jan 07, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (48) | comments 23

Iowa State physicists beginning to see data from the Large Hadron Collider

(PhysOrg.com) -- Three Iowa State University physicists who took winter trips to the Large Hadron Collider for meetings and experimental work are starting to see real data from the planet's biggest science ...

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created Jan 06, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Large Hadron Collider preparing 2010 new science restart

At its 153rd session today, the CERN Council heard that the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) ended its first full period of operation in style on Wednesday 16 December. Collisions at 2.36TeV recorded since last ...

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created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (16) | comments 3

First atoms reported smashed in Large Hadron Collider (Update)

Two circulating beams on Monday produced the first particle collisions in the world's biggest atom smasher, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), three days after its restart, scientists announced.

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created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (47) | comments 41

LHC now colder than deep space

(PhysOrg.com) -- The LHC (Large Hadron Collider) is once again colder than deep space as it is prepared for experiments to resume in late November.

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created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (28) | comments 7 weblog

Large Hadron Collider could test hyperdrive propulsion

(PhysOrg.com) -- The world's most powerful particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), could be used to test the principles behind hyperdrive, a possible future form of spacecraft propulsion that could drive spacecraft ...

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created Oct 09, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (30) | comments 5 weblog

Physicists seek to keep next-gen colliders in one piece

(PhysOrg.com) -- Controlling huge electromagnetic forces that have the potential to destroy the next generation of particle accelerators is the subject of a new paper by a University of Manchester physicist.

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created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 2

Fermilab collider experiments discover rare single top quark

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists of the CDF and DZero collaborations at the Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory have observed particle collisions that produce single top quarks. The discovery ...

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created Mar 09, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (22) | comments 8

Probing Question: Could the Large Hadron Collider swallow the Earth?

Nestled 570 feet beneath the Alps on the Swiss-French border is the world’s largest physics experiment — the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Constructed for $8.8 billion by the European Organization for Nuclear ...

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created Jan 21, 2009 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (16) | comments 71


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