The High-Luminosity upgrade of the Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC) will dramatically increase the rate of collisions in the ATLAS experiment. While offering an opportunity for physicists to explore some of the rarest processes ...
General Physics
Nov 10, 2021
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Despite its decades of predictive success, there are important phenomena left unexplained by the Standard Model of particle physics. Additional theories must exist that can fully describe the universe, even though definitive ...
General Physics
Oct 15, 2020
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The Large Hadron Collider plays with Albert Einstein's famous equation, E = mc2, to transform matter into energy and then back into different forms of matter. But on rare occasions, it can skip the first step and collide ...
General Physics
Sep 3, 2020
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The ATLAS experiment at CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is ready to begin another chapter in its search for new physics. A significant upgrade to the experiment, called the U.S. ATLAS Phase I Upgrade, has received Critical ...
General Physics
Sep 27, 2019
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Dig, dig, dig. One hundred meters underground, excavation work is under way for the High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider project. This next-generation LHC, which will begin operation in 2026, will reach luminosities five ...
General Physics
Aug 1, 2019
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Among the most intriguing particles studied by the ATLAS Experiment is the top quark. As the heaviest known fundamental particle, it plays a unique role in the Standard Model of particle physics, and perhaps in physics beyond ...
Quantum Physics
Jul 16, 2019
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The High-Luminosity upgrade of the Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC) is scheduled to begin colliding protons in 2026. This major improvement to CERN's flagship accelerator will increase the total number of collisions in the ...
General Physics
May 17, 2019
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Could a Grand Unified Theory resolve the remaining mysteries of the Standard Model? If verified, it would provide an elegant description of the unification of Standard Model forces at very high energies, and might even explain ...
General Physics
Mar 13, 2019
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The top quark is a unique particle due to its phenomenally high mass. It decays in less than 10 to -24 seconds, before it has time to interact with any other particles. Therefore, many of its quantum numbers, such as its ...
General Physics
Jul 11, 2018
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A citizen science project, called HiggsHunters gives everyone the chance to help search for the Higgs boson's relatives.
General Physics
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