Particle physics and the Standard Model
Everything filed under fields in our physics coverage, the 37 reports filed on it so far.
Quantum simulator replicates string-breaking
A 13-ion trapped-ion quantum simulator modeled string breaking, a process analogous to quark dynamics and particle formation in the early universe.
ATLAS and CMS Develop New Tracking for HL-LHC Challenges
The ATLAS and CMS experiments are preparing new tracking algorithms to handle the high particle density of the HL-LHC, achieving over 85% efficiency...
Trapped-ion quantum simulator observes
A Duke University-led team has used a trapped-ion quantum simulator to observe string-breaking dynamics, a phenomenon analogous to...
LHCb Discovers Unexpectedly Light Beauty-Strange Particle
The LHCb experiment at CERN has discovered a new particle in the beauty-strange sector, with a mass significantly lower than quark model predictions...
CMS Search for New Physics in Four-Jet Events with Bottom
The CMS collaboration reports a search for new particles decaying into pairs of jets containing bottom quarks, using 13 TeV proton-proton collision...
LUX-ZEPLIN detector records potential dark
A single high-energy event at the LUX-ZEPLIN dark matter detector has physicists exploring non-standard particle models, including higgsinos and
CosmicWatch: A $100 Muon Detector Opens Particle Physics
A compact, $100 detector called CosmicWatch, developed at the University of Delaware, allows students and researchers to detect invisible cosmic...
Self-Supervised Learning Sharpens Resonance Mass
A new self-supervised learning method improves the reconstruction of heavy resonance masses in particle physics experiments, showing sharper peaks and
Quantum computer simulates particle creation in 1D Ising
Researchers have used a 104-qubit quantum processor to simulate the inelastic production of a heavier particle from a collision of two light...
Ultra-High-Energy Photon Defies Physics to Reach Earth
A 300 TeV photon from a distant gamma-ray burst survived a 2-billion-light-year journey that should have destroyed it, challenging Einstein's...
Building Reproducibility into Moiré Material Research
A Nature Physics perspective argues that reproducibility challenges in moiré material experiments must be addressed from the outset in material...
Quantum computers could hunt dark matter at LHC
A particle physicist is developing quantum algorithms to search for anomalies in data from the upgraded Large Hadron Collider, aiming to find signs...
CMS Uses Neural Flow to Spot Anomalous Dijet Events
Researchers applied an unsupervised neural spline flow model to CMS Open Data, identifying dijet events with low likelihood scores that deviate from
UrQMD Model Reveals Neutron Origin of Stopped Protons
A microscopic transport model study shows a significant fraction of protons stopped at mid-rapidity in low-energy heavy-ion collisions originate from
New Experiment Sets Limits on Axion-like Dark Matter
A physics experiment using solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance and a SQUID magnetometer has searched for ultralight axion-like dark matter...
Belle II could probe new physics via
A new study proposes using the Belle II experiment to search for long-lived heavy neutral leptons, predicted by extensions of the Standard Model, by
LUX-ZEPLIN dark matter detector reports
The LUX-ZEPLIN experiment has detected a rare particle interaction that looks unusually difficult to explain as ordinary background noise and appeared
AI proposes physics experiments that beat
An international team shows artificial intelligence can design physics experiments using existing lab components that yield more precise results than
First Measurement of J/ψ Photoproduction on Neutron
Physicists report the first measurement of near-threshold J/ψ particle production from a neutron target, enabling a direct comparison with bound...
Physicist Sarah Demers on AI's Role in Particle Physics
Yale physicist Sarah Demers discusses the U.S. Department of Energy's use of AI to optimize the Mu2e experiment, while cautioning about intellectual
GlueX Experiment Finds Two New XYZ Particle Candidates
The GlueX Collaboration at Jefferson Lab has discovered evidence for two new structures, Y(2240) and X(1830), while searching for the exotic particle
Quantum Materials Stalled by Synthesis
A new analysis in Nature Physics identifies synthesis dependence as a major obstacle in quantum materials research, where uncontrolled sample...
LZ experiment hints at dark matter
The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) dark matter experiment has identified a single anomalous particle interaction in its latest data analysis.
Tracking detectors face future collider
A review paper outlines the stringent requirements for next-generation particle tracking and vertexing detectors at future electron, muon, and hadron