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CAST: from Solar to Dark Matter Axions searches
*/ CERN’s Axion Solar telescope (CAST) has been running since 2003 searching for the axion: a hypothetical particle introduced in 1978 as a consequence of the Peccei-Quinn mechanism aiming to solve the strong CP problem, i.e why is the neutron…
Read moreAMS-02 cooling pumps replaced during series of spacewalks
The AMS-02 experiment was designed and developed by an international team led by MIT physicist Samuel Ting and assembled at CERN starting in 2003. Perched atop the International Space Station’s S3 truss segment, AMS-02 has been hunting for cosmic…
Read moreFinding the best candidates for atomic EDM searches
The search for hints of new physics Beyond the Standard Model (BSM) calls for a combination of experimental strategies including both direct searches but also a number of very high-precision measurements of certain quantities looking for deviations…
Read moreBASE probes antimatter - dark matter interaction
In a recent paper, the BASE collaboration presented results from a direct search for interactions of antimatter with dark matter and placed direct constraints on the interaction of ultralight axion-like particles (dark-matter candidates) with…
Read moreShining more light on the onset of deconfinement
"It was easier to know it than to explain why I know it." said Sherlock*. - A Study in Scarlet, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 1886 NA61/SHINE has recently completed data acquisition for its…
Read moreNA62 experiment presents new results
The NA62 experiment presented the latest result on the search for the ultra-rare kaon decay K+ → π+νν ̄ using 2017 data at the KAON2019 Conference, at the Physics in Collision Conference and during a recent CERN's EP Seminar Kaons, the lightest…
Read moreCOMPASS results guiding future exploration of hadron structure in CERN’s North Area.
The COMPASS (COmmon Muon and Proton Apparatus for Structure and Spectroscopy) Collaboration at CERN is the most recent one in pursuing the more than 40-years old objective to experimentally elucidate the nucleon’s internal structure, in particular…
Read moreLHCf sheds light on hadronic interaction models
The experience of the small LHCf collaboration, matured within the cosmic ray physics community, began in 2004 with the idea of designing a very thin detector to be installed along the LHC beam line, in such a way to cover the so called “very…
Read moreNuclear Physics Meets Neutrinos
Neutrino beams, such as those currently operating at Fermilab in the USA and J-PARC in Japan, are typically produced by colliding high-energy proton beams with long, thin solid targets. These collisions result in a spray of particles including…
Read moreBaby MIND prepares for first physics run with WAGASCI at T2K
Extracting ever more precise information from long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiments calls for a better understanding of neutrino production and neutrino interactions with their target detectors, through experimental programmes dedicated to…
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