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General Physics Jan 25, 2024

Rare decay of the Higgs boson may point to physics beyond the Standard Model

Particle physicists have detected a novel decay of the Higgs boson for the first time, revealing a slight discrepancy in the predictions of the Standard Model and perhaps pointing to new physics beyond it. The findings are ...

General Physics Dec 27, 2023

Latest search for new exotic particles at CERN

The CMS experiment has presented its first search for new physics using data from Run 3 of the Large Hadron Collider. The new study looks at the possibility of "dark photon" production in the decay of Higgs bosons in the ...

General Physics Dec 27, 2023

Ordering of neutrino masses may be revealed by measuring those produced in Earth's atmosphere

A group of physicists, three with Harvard University's Department of Physics and Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, and the fourth with the University of Liverpool, has found evidence suggesting that additional ...

General Physics Dec 18, 2023

Scientists are recommending IceCube should be eight times bigger

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory, operated by the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-M), located at the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica, is one of the most ambitious neutrino observatories in the world. Behind ...

General Physics Dec 11, 2023

Searching for axions with the ATLAS detector

The research group of Professor Matthias Schott of the PRISMA+ Cluster of Excellence at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) has posted the results of an extensive series of measurements at the ATLAS detector of the ...

General Physics Nov 30, 2023

Prototype for DUNE detector will test new technology that can handle more neutrinos

Long before the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment takes its first measurements in an effort to expand our understanding of the universe, a prototype for one of the experiment's detectors is blazing new trails in neutrino ...

General Physics Nov 13, 2023

The CMS collaboration at CERN presents its latest search for 'dark photons'

The CMS experiment has presented its first search for new physics using data from Run 3 of the Large Hadron Collider. The new study looks at the possibility of "dark photon" production in the decay of Higgs bosons in the ...

General Physics Nov 8, 2023

Muon g-2 experiment measures the positive muon anomalous magnetic moment to 0.20 ppm

The Muon g-2 Collaboration is a large group of researchers at different institutes worldwide collaborating on the Muon g-2 experiment. This is a research effort aimed at exploring the interactions of muons, short-lived particles ...

General Physics Oct 26, 2023

Dark matter scientists receive first transmissions from deep underground

Scientists have received the first transmissions from a muon detector placed 1 km underground in the Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory.

General Physics Oct 18, 2023

New technique uses near-miss particle physics to measure wobbling tau particles

One way physicists seek clues to unravel the mysteries of the universe is by smashing matter together and inspecting the debris. But these types of destructive experiments, while incredibly informative, have limits.

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