Glossary

  • PH-DT activities in 2012

    PH-DT activities in 2012

    PH-DT activities in 2012 The PH Detector Technology (DT) group is a central part of the CERN Physics Department. DT comprises about 75 staff members, ~30 fellows and students and a FSU team of 14 people. The group makes major contributions to the development, construction, qualification and operation of particle detector systems for CERN experiments,…

  • The Higgs boson, a History.

    The Higgs boson, a History.

    The Higgs boson, a History. Luis Álvarez-Gaumé and John Ellis discuss the history of the Higgs mechanism, indicate its importance for the Standard Model and examine its implications for the scientific community in a paper published in Nature Physics (January 2011). You can read the full paper here.

  • First Planck Results and Cosmological Implications

    First Planck Results and Cosmological Implications

    First Planck Results and Cosmological Implications