Tag: Particle Physics
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FCC Physics, Experiments and Detectors: from Strategy Update to Project Preparation
From detector concepts to future experiment collaborations, the FCC Physics, Experiments and Detectors programme is entering a new phase. Patrick Janot outlines how the Reference Design Phase will bring together physics ambitions, detector R&D and international collaboration to prepare FCC-ee for project approval and delivery.
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ISOLTRAP measures cadmium isotope masses for the first time, probing a key nuclear shell gap
With only about 40 detected ions, ISOLTRAP has measured the mass of cadmium-96 for the first time. Together with improved measurements of cadmium-97 and cadmium-98, the results shed light on nuclear shell structure near the doubly magic nucleus tin-100 and provide new benchmarks for nuclear theory.
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Key4hep: A software framework for future collider studies
Key4hep brings future-collider communities together around a shared software framework for detector design and physics studies. By integrating tools for event generation, simulation, reconstruction and analysis, it reduces duplication, facilitates comparisons and allows each project to adapt the software to its own detector and scientific goals.
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Particle Physics Meets Economics
From particle collisions to commodity markets: the HighLo project is exploring how data-analysis tools developed for particle physics can help identify patterns and anomalies in financial data.
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In discussion with John Ellis: The Higgs, Patience and Perseverance in Science
In discussion with John Ellis: The Higgs, Patience and Perseverance in Science by Panos Charitos For John Ellis, the history of the Higgs boson is not a neat, short story that begins with a theory paper and ends with a discovery announcement. It is a long intellectual adventure, beginning in superconductivity, moving through the construction
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Building a Microelectronics Foundation for Tomorrow’s Detectors
Building a Microelectronics Foundation for Tomorrow’s Detectors The challenge: smarter chips in harsher places Particle physics detectors have always pushed electronics to their limits. The next generation of tracking systems and calorimeters will depend critically on dense, intelligent, low power and radiation-hard microelectronics: front-end ASICs that can survive for decades in harsh environments, having their
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Discussing synergies between particle physics, astrophysics and nuclear physics
Discussing synergies between particle physics, astrophysics and nuclear physics One overarching objective of science is to further our understanding of the universe, from its early stages to its current state and future evolution. This depends on gaining insight on the universe’s most macroscopic components, for example galaxies and stars, as well as describing its smallest