Next-Gen Particle Accelerators to Surpass Large Hadron Collider
In 1954 the renowned physicist Enrico Fermi did a simple but depressing calculation about future particle accelerators. To create particles with an energy of 3 teraelectron-volts, he estimated, you’d have to build a ring 8,000 kilometers in radius at a cost of $170 billion.
Does Physics Have a Problem?
Editor in chief Mariette DiChristina introduces the May 2014 issue of Scientific American
Quirky Quark Combo Creates Exotic New Particle
A new particle, possibly a tetraquark, has been detected at physicists at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland
Particle Fever, I’ve Got It!
By now, I hope you’ve heard about Particle Fever. It premiered a few weeks ago – if I remember correctly, the same week as Neil deGrasse Tyson’s new Cosmos premiered.
Particle Fever: A Movie About the LHC Comes to US Theaters March 5
“Imagine being able to watch as Edison turned on the first light bulb, or as Franklin received his first jolt of electricity.” -Particle Fever: With One Switch, Everything Changes.
Particles and the People Who Love Them: Documentary Shows Human Side of Large Hadron Collider
Full disclosure: I cried at a movie about particle physics. And I wasn’t alone. As the film showed footage of the July 4, 2012 announcement of the Higgs boson discovery, I noticed the woman next to me wiping her eyes just as I was doing the same.
When the Large Hadron Collider Is Too Small
The Large Hadron Collider has only just begun its explorations, so it might seem a little premature to begin thinking about what new particle projects might come next.
Physics Hasn’t Looked This Hot Since The Big Bang
The ATLAS detector at CERN is overwhelming to mere mortals like myself. It’s one of four detectors along the Large Hadron Collider designed to detect the most fundamental particles in our universe.
Cyclotrons Come Full Circle
U.S. Physicists hope to rejuvenate a classic technology to support neutrino experiments
Fermilab: High Energy Physics on the Prairie [Slide Show]
The Tevatron shut in 2011, but particles still fly for science outside Chicago
Where Are the Anti-People? [Excerpt]
Physicist Dave Goldberg breaks down the mysteries of the cosmos in his new book The Universe in the Rearview Mirror. In an excerpt, Goldberg explores the matter-antimatter divide
Particle Containing 4 Quarks Is Confirmed for First Time
The quark quartet opens a fresh vista on matter