It provides undergraduate students with complete coverage of the basic elements of the Standard Model of particle physics, assuming only introductory courses in nuclear physics, special relativity and ...

Primordial black holes may be exploding throughout the universe. If we can catch them in the act, it could pave the way to ...

Over the past five decades or so these three theories have been brought together in a ramshackle coalition known as the “standard model” of particle physics. For all the impression that this ...

In Drexel University’s physics department, faculty and students work side-by-side to explore the span of universal phenomena – from biophysics to astrophysics and cosmology, all the way down to the ...

The authors present the negative results from the ANAIS-112 experiment, which uses the same target and shows strong tension with DAMA/LIBRA The ongoing quest in particle physics to discover ...

Describing the instrumentation for experiments in high energy physics and astroparticle physics, this edition describes track detectors, calorimeters, particle identification, neutrino detectors, ...

Since the launch of the Large Hadron Collider, researchers have been studying Higgs bosons and searching for signs of physics ...

The next head of Europe's CERN physics laboratory said Thursday that he favored moving forward with plans for a giant particle collider far more powerful than the collider that discovered the ...

The discovery that things of subatomic size can behave as waves or particles interchangeably, depending on circumstance, was one of the most shocking and important features of twentieth century ...

But her enthusiasm goes up a level when I ask her if the discovery of a dark matter particle would be one of the biggest discoveries in physics. "I would say yes," she laughs, eyes widening ...

In the world of animals, cats have achieved a level of fame unmatched by any other species. They rule social media and charm millions with their quirky behaviors. Cats have even found a place in the ...

Experimental particle physics is the practical investigation of the fundamental components of matter and radiation. A crucial tool in the arsenal of the experimental particle physicist is the ...