Tag Archives: LHC

Tools For Cern Public Annoucement

Posted on December 9, 2011 by PlatoHagel

CERN PUBLIC SEMINAR  Tuesday, December 13, 2011 from 14:00 to 16:00 (Europe/Zurich) at CERN ( Main Auditorium ) Tuesday, December 13, 2011 14:00 – 14:30 Update on the Standard Model Higgs searches in ATLAS 30′ Speaker: Fabiola Gianotti 14:30 – … Continue reading →

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LHC trials proton–lead collisions

Posted on November 6, 2011 by PlatoHagel

Juggling magnetic fields to collide protons and lead Physicists at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) are analysing the results of their first attempt at colliding protons and lead ions. Further attempts at proton–lead collisions are expected over the next few … Continue reading →

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Reflections on LHC experiments present latest results at Mumbai conference

Posted on November 5, 2011 by PlatoHagel

Just following up on ole news to keep abreast of what is going on with CERN. LHC experiments present latest results at Mumbai conference  Geneva, 22 August 2011. Results from the ATLAS and CMS collaborations, presented at the biennial Lepton-Photon … Continue reading →

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What is a Higgs Boson? Lepton fizz?

Posted on October 21, 2011 by PlatoHagel

Fermilab scientist Don Lincoln describes the nature of the Higgs boson. Several large experimental groups are hot on the trail of this elusive subatomic particle which is thought to explain the origins of particle mass See:Why does anything have substance? … Continue reading →

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Photos: CERN – A tour of the large hadron collider

Posted on October 14, 2011 by PlatoHagel

Photos: CERN – A tour of the large hadron collider Dialogos of Eide

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The Elusive Higgs

Posted on September 17, 2011 by PlatoHagel

See: The hunt for the elusive Higgs Dialogos of Eide

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The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer Experiment )02

Posted on August 11, 2011 by PlatoHagel

Credit: NASA/JSC, NASA During the 14-day mission, Endeavour delivered the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) and spare parts including two S-band communications antennas, a high-pressure gas tank and additional spare parts for Dextre. This was the 36th shuttle mission to the … Continue reading →

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Fermilab experiment discovers a heavy relative of the neutron

Posted on July 22, 2011 by PlatoHagel

Scientists of the CDF collaboration at the Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory announced the observation of a new particle, the neutral Xi-sub-b (Ξb0). This particle contains three quarks: a strange quark, an up quark and a bottom quark … Continue reading →

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Keeping it Real

Posted on February 22, 2011 by PlatoHagel

The first results on supersymmetry from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have been analysed by physicists and some are suggesting that the theory may be in trouble. Data from proton collisions in both the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) and ATLAS … Continue reading →

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Linking Experiments

Posted on March 30, 2010 by PlatoHagel

Illustration: Sandbox Studio   The first round of physics Nine proposals are under consideration for the initial suite of physics experiments at DUSEL, and scientists have received $21 million in NSF funding to refine them. The proposals cover four areas … Continue reading →

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