Standard Model

The Standard Model of particle physics is a theory concerning the electromagnetic, weak, and strong nuclear interactions, which mediate the dynamics of the known subatomic particles. It was developed throughout the latter half of the 20th century, as a collaborative effort of scientists around the world.

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LHCb tightens precision on key measurements of matter–antimatter asymmetry

The LHCb collaboration’s new measurements of matter–antimatter asymmetry in decays of beauty particles are the most precise yet of their kind

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13 June, 2023

LHC experiments see first evidence of a rare Higgs boson decay

The ATLAS and CMS collaborations have joined forces to establish the first evidence of the rare decay of the Higgs boson into a Z boson and a photon

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26 May, 2023

LHCb brings leptons into line

Simultaneous measurements of rare B-meson decays using the full LHC Run 1 and 2 data samples agree with the predictions of the Standard Model, superseding previous results that had indicated intriguing departures from the 50-year old theory

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20 December, 2022
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20 December, 2022

ATLAS measures Higgs boson’s decay width

The decay width is linked to the particle’s lifetime and if found to deviate from its predicted value could indicate the presence of new physics

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18 November, 2022
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18 November, 2022

ATLAS seeks out unusual signatures of long-lived particles

Physicists at the ATLAS experiment are on the hunt for new, long-lived particles to help explain several outstanding mysteries of our Universe

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22 March, 2022

Searching for the unknown

In the final part of the “LHC Physics at Ten” series, we look at the searches that go beyond our current understanding of the universe

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05 March, 2021
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05 March, 2021

Intriguing new result from the LHCb experiment at CERN

The LHCb results strengthen hints of a violation of lepton flavour universality

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23 March, 2021

Standard Model surprises at high energies

In the seventh part of the “LHC Physics at Ten” series, we look at the surprising phenomena of the Standard Model at high energies

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16 December, 2020
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16 December, 2020

Exploring new ways to see the Higgs boson

The ATLAS and CMS collaborations presented their latest results on new signatures for detecting the Higgs boson at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider

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04 June, 2020

ISOLDE scores a first with laser spectroscopy of short-lived radioactive molecules

The result represents an essential step towards using these molecules for fundamental physics research and beyond

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27 May, 2020