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Exploring New Frontiers in Light Dark Matter Searches: The Latest NA64 Proposal

The quest to understand the nature of dark matter remains one of the most compelling challenges in modern physics. The NA64 experiment (see Fig. 1) at CERN’s Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) has been at the forefront of efforts to explore dark sector…

Unlocking the Secrets of Antimatter: A journey through low-energy antimatter studies at CERN

The existence of antimatter is a fundamental aspect of our Universe and is predicted by the laws of quantum physics and symmetry principles. However, the theory does not match the experimental observations. According to our models, we would expect…

Optical fibre link to assist in ultra-high precision spectroscopy of antihydrogen

Figure 1: Atoms in this part of the Cs fountain clock are trapped and laser cooled in preparation of their vertical launch. Experiments at CERN’s Antimatter Factory test fundamental principles such as CPT invariance by studying the properties and…

Updates from the ISOLDE Solenoidal Spectrometer

The field of nuclear physics is well into its second century. From its initial experiment bombarding a gold foil with alpha particles, experimental techniques have become more sophisticated to keep pace with the technology and innovation that has…

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…

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