April 2024 - June 2024
ATLAS Open Data: Ushering in Transparency and Collaboration in Particle Physics Research
The ATLAS Collaboration at CERN,has been leading efforts to promote transparency and accessibility through its comprehensive open data initiatives. These efforts are designed to benefit researchers, educators, and the public, enhancing both…
Read moreA word from the EP Department Head - June 2024
Dear colleagues in EP, I hope this message finds you all well. I imagine you are all very busy with the ongoing run, the work towards the upgrades of the experiments, the data analysis and the many other activities you may be involved in.…
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In-Depth Conversation with John Preskill
In this exclusive interview, we sit down with John Preskill, a pioneering physicist and leading expert in quantum computing. As a professor at Caltech and the director of the Institute for Quantum Information and Matter, Preskill has been at the…
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Studying FIPs with FASER - recent news
Feebly Interacting Particles (FIPs) exist within both the Standard Model (SM) and in theories that extend beyond it. The FASER experiment [1] is the first of two experiments approved for data taking in Run 3 aiming to study these elusive particles.…
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ITS3 and FoCal: Two new subdetectors to extend ALICE’s physics reach
The ALICE experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is dedicated to studying heavy ion collisions, which recreate the hottest and densest matter ever observed in a lab – the quark-gluon plasma (QGP). By studying this exotic state of matter,…
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CMS Releases Extensive 13 TeV Collision Data for Open Science
The CMS experiment at CERN recently announced the release of 13 TeV proton-proton collision data from 2016. Over 70 TB of collision data and 830 TB of corresponding simulations are now available through the CERN Open Data Portal, marking a…
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Unlocking New Possibilities: LHCb's Latest Open Data Releases
The LHCb collaboration at CERN continues to pioneer open science by releasing significant datasets to the public, offering researchers, educators, and enthusiasts around the world unprecedented access to data that fuels new discoveries and deepens…
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Groundbreaking Observation of Quantum Entanglement in Top Quarks at the LHC
Researchers using the ATLAS detector at CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have achieved a breakthrough: the first observation of quantum entanglement in top quark pairs. This discovery, analyzing proton-proton collisions at incredibly high energies…
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Highlights from the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the International Space Station
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, AMS, is a high-energy particle detector performing unprecedented-precision measurements of cosmic rays of rigidity (momentum/charge) ranging from GV to 3 TV on the International Space Station (ISS). AMS has now…
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Probing Anomalies: CMS experiment investigates possible hints of new physics
For a few years, the work of the LHC community has been split between the exploitation of the LHC Run2 and first Run3 data and the preparation for the High Luminosity (HL) phase. At the HL-LHC, the effort of searching for new physics will be…
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