Hacker News with Generative AI: Particle Physics

Symmetry between up and down quarks is more broken than expected (phys.org)
In late 2023, Wojciech Brylinski was analyzing data from the NA61/SHINE collaboration at CERN for his thesis when he noticed an unexpected anomaly—a strikingly large imbalance between charged and neutral kaons in argon–scandium collisions.

Physics, Particle Physics, CERN, Scientific Discovery

86 points by terminalbraid 4 days ago | 28 comments

Muon's magnetic moment exposes a hole in the Standard Model, unless it doesn't (physicsworld.com)
In 2021 the Muon g-2 Experiment at Fermilab found a significant discrepancy between the theoretical prediction and the experimental measurement of the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon, indicating the existence of new physics.

Physics, Particle Physics, Standard Model, Experimental Results

83 points by ColinWright 34 days ago | 23 comments

The other 99% (cerncourier.com)
Ultraperipheral collisions are shedding light on gluon saturation, gluonic hotspots and nuclear shadowing.

Physics, Nuclear Physics, Particle Physics, CERN

40 points by rbanffy 54 days ago | 7 comments

A bestiary of exotic hadrons (cerncourier.com)
Seventy-six new particles have been discovered at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) so far: the Higgs boson, 52 conventional hadrons and a bestiary of 23 exotic hadrons whose structure cannot reliably be explained or their existence predicted.

Physics, Particle Physics

155 points by rbanffy 103 days ago | 61 comments

ALICE finds first ever evidence of the antimatter partner of hyperhelium-4 (home.cern)
The finding also represents the first evidence of the heaviest antimatter hypernucleus yet at the LHC

Physics, Antimatter, CERN, Particle Physics, Hypernuclei

280 points by elashri 113 days ago | 83 comments

The Soviet scientist who survived a particle accelerator beam through his head (wikipedia.org)
A researcher at the Institute for High Energy Physics in Protvino, Russian SFSR, Anatoli Bugorski worked with the largest particle accelerator in the Soviet Union, the U-70 synchrotron.

Science, History, Russia, Particle Physics

8 points by HelloUsername 131 days ago | 3 comments

The Particle Data Group (pdg.lbl.gov)
The Review of Particle Physics (2024)

Physics, Science, Data, Particle Physics

8 points by limbicsystem 143 days ago | 2 comments

Yes, we did discover the Higgs (theoryandpractice.org)

Physics, Science, Particle Physics

281 points by EvgeniyZh 161 days ago | 150 comments

The deconstructed Standard Model equation (symmetrymagazine.org)
The Standard Model is far more than elementary particles arranged in a table.

Physics, Science, Particle Physics

43 points by thorum 178 days ago | 28 comments

Build a No-Fuss Particle Detector (ieee.org)
Multimeters are great for monitoring captive electrons in wires, but for spotting wild electrons in flight, try this compact DIY particle detector.

DIY, Electronics, Physics, Particle Physics

8 points by Brajeshwar 187 days ago | 0 comments

Monstrosity explains everything we know about particle physics (reddit.com)
This monstrosity here is known as the “Standard Model Lagrangian”. It's an equation that encapsulates everything we currently know about particle physics.

Particle Physics, Physics, Science

3 points by sieste 195 days ago | 0 comments

How the Higgs field gives mass to elementary particles (quantamagazine.org)

Physics, Quantum Mechanics, Particle Physics

172 points by bigeatie 211 days ago | 106 comments

The Higgs particle could have ended the universe by now – Why are we still here? (studyfinds.org)

Physics, Cosmology, Particle Physics, Universe

10 points by kvee 242 days ago | 1 comments

A New Particle Has Been Discovered – It Could Be the Elusive Glueball (iflscience.com)

Physics, Particle Physics, Science

5 points by hsnewman 246 days ago | 0 comments

CERN's $17B supercollider in question as top funder criticizes cost (nature.com)

CERN, Physics, Funding, Science, Particle Physics

30 points by cyberlimerence 299 days ago | 9 comments

Shadama: A particle simulation programming environment for everyone (tinlizzie.org)

Programming, Simulation, Particle Physics, Software

146 points by lloydatkinson 308 days ago | 25 comments

Majorana, the search for the most elusive neutrino of all (2012) (newscenter.lbl.gov)