Standard Model of particle physics

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The Anomaly at Atomki: Have Scientists Really Found a Fifth Force of Nature?

Vasudevan Mukunth 17/08/2016

The possible discovery of a new particle in Hungary,...

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Physicists Downcast as New Particle ‘Spotted’ at LHC Vanishes With More Data

Vasudevan Mukunth 05/08/2016

A particle of some kind first hinted at in...

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Start of LHC’s 2016 Run Suffused With Hopes of a New Particle

Vasudevan Mukunth 16/05/2016

This year is when we might discover another foundational...

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), located just outside Batavia, Illinois. The larger ring houses the Tevatron, a particle accelerator that operated until 2011, when it was shut because its capabilities had been superseded by the LHC. Credit: pedrik/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

All You Need to Know to Get Started on Particle Physics

Vasudevan Mukunth 21/03/2016

Because of the scale at which its experiments are...

This image shows a collision event with a photon pair observed by the CMS detector in proton-collision data collected in 2015 with no magnetic field present. The energy deposits of the two photons are represented by the two large green towers. The mass of the di-photon system is between 700 and 800 GeV. The candidates are consistent with what is expected for prompt isolated photons. Caption & credit © 2016 CERN

Physicists Excited as Prospects for Suspected New Fundamental Particle Improve

Vasudevan Mukunth 19/03/2016

Although the data's statistical significance isn't as good as...

Inside the Borexino neutrino detector, during construction, in 2001. The photomultiplier tubes are visible. Credit: Borexino

Physicists Could Have to Wait 66,000 Yottayears to See an Electron Decay

Vasudevan Mukunth 15/12/2015

The longest coherently described span of time I’ve encountered...

Inside one of the control centres of the collaborations working on the LHC at CERN. Each collaboration corresponds handles an experiment, or detector, stationed around the LHC tunnel. Credit: CERN

New LHC Data Has More of the Same But Could Something Be in the Offing?

Vasudevan Mukunth 15/12/2015

Data from the machine's upgraded run in 2015 offers...