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The origin of Lead and the s-process branching points

Lead is an abundant element of the solar system and is particularly abundant on the Earth’s crust (Figure 1). The origin of three of its four stable isotopes (206Pb, 207Pb, and 208Pb) can be partially traced back to the decay of uranium and thorium…

The TOTEM experiment: a pioneering journey into proton-proton interactions and forward physics.

The TOTEM experiment is designed to explore the proton interactions when they survive intact after the collisions. With this goal, special detectors have been placed far from the interaction points to detect a small angular deflection, due…

SND@LHC Experiment: hunting for high-energy neutrinos and preparing for the HL run

Using the Large Hadron Collider as a neutrino source is the goal of the SND@LHC experiment. High-energy neutrinos, from a few hundred GeV to a few TeV, have never been studied. Moreover, neutrinos, particularly electron and tau species, in the SND…

The 2024 n_TOF run: Highlights and perspectives

Thanks to the excellent beam conditions provided by the PS staff, combined with the efficiency of research groups participating in the n_TOF Collaboration, an intense experimental program has been performed during the 252 days of measurements of the…

CERN's BASE-STEP: A Leap Forward in Antimatter Transport

Antimatter, often portrayed as the elusive counterpart to ordinary matter, has long captivated the scientific community with its potential to unlock some of the universe's most profound mysteries. Yet, one of the most significant challenges in…

CAST Sets New Benchmarks in the Quest for Axions

Within the CERN Axion Solar Telescope (CAST) collaboration, scientists from the Center for Astroparticles and High-Energy Physics (CAPA) at the University of Zaragoza led the research that has achieved a significant milestone in the search for axion…

NA62 Observes Ultra-Rare Kaon Decay to Pion and Neutrinos

The NA62 experiment at the CERN north area was built to investigate the ultra-rare K+ → π+νν̄ decay. Measurement of this decay, a golden mode for kaon physics, is considered a key flavour physics objective because it provides both a strong test of…

Perturbed angular correlations at ISOLDE

Solid state physics and biophysics research has been conducted at ISOLDE-CERN for almost 50 years [JOH2017]. Our role in supporting experimental equipment and manpower has enabled the development of on-site laboratories. This has several advantages…

Breakthrough in the cooling technologies of a single antiproton/proton at the BASE experiment

The Baryon Antibaryon Symmetry Experiment (BASE) is recognized for performing the most precise measurements of the fundamental properties of antiprotons and protons, such as the 16 p.p.t. precision measurement of the antiproton-to-proton charge-to-…

AMBER uncovers the universe’s mysteries

The AMBER spectrometer. Credit: K Bernhard-Novotny/A Sargsyan Despite our extensive knowledge, the universe remains mysterious in many ways. To this day, questions prevail about the origin of the matter-antimatter asymmetry. The exact sources of…

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