Elementary Particle Physics: The Higgs and Beyond Elementary particle physics reflects the human quest to understand the basic building blocks of nature and the rules that govern the physical world.

Solving life's great mysteries often requires detective work, using observed outcomes to determine their cause. For instance, ...

On June 11, the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine announced the result of a three-year study to set a ...

Particle physics is a branch of physics that studies the elementary constituents of matter and radiation, and the interactions between them. It is also called "high energy physics", because many ...

The cutting-edge elementary particle observation facility here where it is hoped proton decay will be observed for the first ...

Scientists are using trapped ions in cutting-edge experiments to hunt for signs of an undiscovered particle that might help unravel the mystery of dark matter. The Standard Model of particle physics o ...

Luther College Physics Professor Todd Pedlar has received his seventh consecutive National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant. Since 2006, NSF grants have allowed Pedlar and Luther students to ...

Elementary-particle detectors, 3D printed Date: March 11, 2025 Source: ETH Zurich Summary: An international collaboration has shown that additive manufacturing offers a realistic way to build ...

p.15 E. Braaten, C.S. Li, T.C. Yuan, "The evolution of Weinberg's gluonic CP-Violation operator," Physical Review Letters, 64:1709-12, 1990. Eric Braaten (Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill.): "A ...

The elusive Higgs particle has the power to undo physics as we know it. The fact that it hasn't could have big implications about the nature of the universe. Although our universe may seem stable ...

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