New CERN course teaches particle physics basics online
Dec 3, 2024 · Jeff Wiener manages a program that annually brings 1,000 teachers to CERN, the European laboratory for particle physics, training them to teach particle physics in their classrooms back home.
Seeing the full picture with line-intensity mapping
Aug 15, 2023 · With enough time and magnifying power, a telescope can gather all the light it needs to create a pretty complete portrait of a single, distant galaxy.
How do neutrinos get their mass? | symmetry magazine
An alternative to the Higgs. The most popular theory proposes a completely new mass mechanism at play that is not within the Standard Model, one which introduces an entirely new particle.
The deconstructed Standard Model equation - symmetry magazine
Section 2. Almost half of this equation is dedicated to explaining interactions between bosons, particularly W and Z bosons. Bosons are force-carrying particles, and there are four species of bosons that interact with other particles using three fundamental forces.
symmetry magazine | dimensions of particle physics
A word with CERN’s next Director-General. Mark Thomson is professor of experimental particle physics at the University of Cambridge and was executive chair of the UK’s Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) until his confirmation as CERN’s next Director-General by the CERN Council in December.
Explain it in 60 Seconds: Quantum entanglement
Sep 24, 2024 · Quantum entanglement links subatomic particles in a way that appears to defy logic. When scientists measure one of a pair of entangled particles, the other seems to immediately know the result.
Inside the search for dark matter | symmetry magazine
Dec 17, 2024 · Over a decade ago, dark-matter experts Daniel Akerib and Thomas Shutt joined the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, continuing their mission to uncover the elusive substance.
The particle physics of you - symmetry magazine
The particles we’re made of. About 99 percent of your body is made up of atoms of hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen and oxygen. You also contain much smaller amounts of the other elements that are essential for life.
What is a photon? - symmetry magazine
From wave, to particle, to boson. People have investigated the nature of light since ancient times, with early insights coming from philosophers and scholars in Egypt, Mesopotamia, India and Greece.
Plasma acceleration - symmetry magazine
Sep 10, 2024 · Plasma acceleration could be the wave of the future. It is a way to accelerate particles more efficiently than current techniques that use radiofrequency acceleration.