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First Pb beam in NA61/SHINE

December 1st ended a two-week test period with Pb beam in the NA61/SHINE fixed-target experiment [1]. Pb ions at momentum of 30A GeV/c were delivered from the CERN SPS to the experiment for the first time. The beam time was used to perform numerous…

The Straw Detector in the NA62 Experiment

The NA62 experiment is the successor of a previous kaon decay experiment (NA48) operated in the same experimental area at the CERN SPS (see Fig.1). In December 2008, the CERN Research Board has authorized the collaboration to build new detectors,…

A boost for ISOLDE's beams

The new HIE-ISOLDE accelerator is up and running, increasing the beam energy of ISOLDE, CERN’s nuclear physics facility. Over the last few weeks, CERN's nuclear physics facility, ISOLDE (http://home.web.cern.ch/about/experiments/isolde), has been…

A Timelapse video of CAST

The CERN Axion Solar Telescope (CAST) is an experiment to search for hypothetical particles called axions. These have been proposed by some theoretical physicists to explain why there is a subtle difference between matter and antimatter in processes…

n_TOF one year after - First results

Since the termination of the construction of the new second experimental area EAR2 [1,2] of n_TOF in July 2014 [3], the facility has been successfully taking data both in the existing experimental area EAR1 and in the new EAR2. The neutron beams in…

COMPASS-II: A QCD Laboratory at CERN

With COMPASS-II CERN enters in the exploration of a new territory: the structure of the proton in multiple dimensions. While COMPASS-I primarily studied the distribution and polarisation of quarks and gluons in the nucleon as a function of the…

TOTEM experiment upgrade

The Totem experiment has shown with recent data that in collaboration with CMS is possible to enlarge the original physics program in the diffractive proton interaction field. The Central Diffraction channel, although it has an order of magnitude…

ISOLDE: New access to study dilute rare earth doped materials

Mössbauer spectroscopy (MS) is named after Rudolf L. Mössbauer (1929-2011) who found the effect in 1957 and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery in 1961. MS makes use of recoilless nuclear resonance fluorescence of gamma rays…

AMS Days at CERN

The conference 'AMS Days at CERN' took place from 15 to 17 April at the Main Auditorium. Its aim was to provide an overview of the latest results of the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, as well as bring together experts in astroparticle physics to…

Two distinctions for ISOLDE scientists

Two ISOLDE scientists have received prestigious awards this year for their research in the field of nuclear and particle physics. Kara Marie Lynch was honoured with the GENCO Young Scientist award, which recognizes outstanding achievements of young…

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