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Live-Schaltung zum LHC am CERN - Die Jagd nach neuen Teilchen geht weiter

Café und Kosmos am 14. Juli 2015, 19 Uhr im Ampere

Mit einer Rekordenergie von 13 Tera-Elektronenvolt kollidieren seit dem 3. Juni 2015 die Protonen in den riesigen Detektoren am Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Damit ist der weltgrößte Beschleuniger am CERN nach zweijähriger Generalüberholung und…

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Spanish King visits MAGIC

The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canaria (IAC) on Tenerife was honored by a visit of Felipe VI, King of Spain. The king was the VIP guest at the ceremony for IAC’s 30th anniversary. The next day, the monarch visited also the MAGIC telescopes on the…

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A black hole under the gravitational lens

Turbulent processes take place close to supermassive black holes, which lurk in the centres of nearly all galaxies. They swallow up matter flowing in from the outside while at the same time producing so-called gas jets which shoot out into space in…

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ATLAS Begins Recording Physics Data at 13 TeV

Today ATLAS and other particle physics experiments at CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) began recording physics data from 13 TeV proton collisions, which allow for precision studies of the Higgs boson and other Standard Model particles, as well as…

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CMS and LHCb experiments reveal new rare particle decay

By analyzing their combined data the CMS and LHCb collaborations revealed the very rare decay of a B0s particle into two muon particles. The Standard Model, the theory that best describes the world of particles, predicts that this rare subatomic…

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Frank Simon elected new spokesperson of CALICE

On Thursday, April 30 2015, Frank Simon from the Max Planck Institute for Physics was elected new spokesperson of CALICE. The CALICE (CAlorimeter for LInear Collider Experiment) collaboration unites more than 300 physicists and engineers worldwide.…

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LHC back in operation

After two years of intense maintenance and consolidation, and several months of preparation for restart, the Large Hadron Collider, the most powerful particle accelerator in the world, is back in operation.

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LHC restart delayed

A short circuit that had delayed the relaunch of the Large Hadron Collider has been remedied. Now the LHC is back on track for the initiation of Run 2.

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LHC is ready to start up again

After its first long shutdown for planned maintenance the Large Hadron Collider is ready to start up again.

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DPG Spring Conferences 2015

On Occasion of this years' spring conferences of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft over 10.000 experts from all around the world will come together to discuss current scientific issues. Throughout march there will be conferences in Bochum,…

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