Tag: Planck
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In discussion with Alan Guth
Alan Guth reflects on the origins of inflationary cosmology, the uncertainty surrounding its earliest models and the observations that could shape its future. He also discusses eternal inflation, the measure problem and the enduring connections between cosmology and particle physics.
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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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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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Planck mission releases first cosmology results
Planck mission releases first cosmology results The «Planck» was launched by the European Space Agency aiming at a detailed record of the microwave background radiation, a relic of the primordial plasma filling the universe during the first hundred thousand years after the Big Bang, that is still observable today. ESA’s Planck satellite has been surveying