Tag Archives: CERN

First ever acceleration of electrons in a proton-driven plasma wave

Posted on 29/08/2018 by Jon Butterworth

Turning out to be a busy August in physics. This breakthrough was just published in Nature: Nature news and the paper itself (open access, hurrah!). Really nice, extensive summary from CERN by Achintya Rao As you can see from the Nature News … Continue reading →

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ATLAS and CMS results on Higgs decay to bottom quarks

Posted on 28/08/2018 by Jon Butterworth

This morning two results appeared on the arXiv: Observation of H→b anti-b decays and VH production with the ATLAS detector (from the ATLAS Collaboration) Observation of Higgs boson decay to bottom quarks (from the CMS Collaboration)

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First measurement of the Lyman-alpha lines of anti-hydrogen

Posted on 23/08/2018 by Jon Butterworth

The ALPHA experiment (no relation) at the CERN antiproton decelerator has just published the first measurement of the Lyman-alpha lines of anti-hydrogen (a positron bound to an antiproton)¹.  There is an excellent summary of the measurement here, written by Ana … Continue reading →

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Two quarks for Muster Higgs

Posted on 23/07/2018 by Jon Butterworth

Since the big discovery of 2012, the Large Hadron Collider at CERN has been accumulating data and making steady progress. Two recent results establish the origins of the mass of the two heaviest quarks At the Guardian.

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