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The hunt for supersymmetry: Reviewing the first run – 2
I’d linked to a preprint paper [PDF] on arXiv a couple days ago that had summarized the search for Supersymmetry (Susy) from the first run of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). I’d written to one of the paper’s authors, Pascal Pralavorio … Continue reading
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Tagged ATLAS detector, CERN, CMS detector, di-jet events, Large Hadron Collider, luminosity, Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model, probability, Standard Model, supersymmetry
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Which way does antimatter swing?
In our universe, matter is king: it makes up everything. Its constituents are incredibly tiny particles – smaller than even the protons and neutrons they constitute – and they work together with nature’s forces to make up… everything. There was … Continue reading
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Higgs boson closer than ever
The article, as written by me, appeared in The Hindu on March 7, 2013. — Ever since CERN announced that it had spotted a Higgs boson-like particle on July 4, 2012, their flagship Large Hadron Collider (LHC), apart from similar … Continue reading
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A different kind of experiment at CERN
This article, as written by me, appeared in The Hindu on January 24, 2012. — At the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, near Geneva, Switzerland, experiments are conducted by many scientists who don’t quite know what they will see, … Continue reading
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LHC to re-awaken in 2015 with doubled energy, luminosity
This article, as written by me, appeared in The Hindu on January 10, 2012. — After a successful three-year run that saw the discovery of a Higgs-boson-like particle in early 2012, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, near Geneva, … Continue reading
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Putting particle physics research to work
In the whole gamut of comments regarding the Higgs boson, there is a depressingly large number decrying the efforts of the ATLAS and CMS collaborations. Why? Because a lot of people think the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is a yawning … Continue reading
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Tagged applied physics, ATLAS, CERN, Large Hadron Collider, materials sciences, medical imaging, spectroscopy
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Gunning for the goddamned: ATLAS results explained
Here are some of the photos from the CERN webcast yesterday (July 4, Wednesday), with an adjoining explanation of the data presented in each one and what it signifies. This first image shows the data accumulated post-analysis of the diphoton … Continue reading
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Tagged ATLAS, CERN, diphoton decay, graph, Higgs boson, Large Hadron Collider, luminosity, particle physics
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After the Higgs-boson-like particle, what’s next?
This article, as written by me, appeared in print in The Hindu on July 5, 2012. — The ATLAS (A Toroidal LHC Apparatus) collaboration at CERN has announced the sighting of a Higgs boson-like particle in the energy window of 125.3 … Continue reading
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Tagged CERN, Energy Frontier, Fabiola Gianotti, Higgs boson, Joe Incandela, Large Hadron Collider, New Physics, supersymmetry
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So, is it going to be good news tomorrow?
As the much-anticipated lead-up to the CERN announcement on Wednesday unfolds, the scientific community is rife with many speculations and few rumours. In spite of this deluge, it may be that we could expect a confirmation of the God particle’s … Continue reading
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