ATLAS

ATLAS is one of two general-purpose detectors at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). It investigates a wide range of physics, from the search for the Higgs boson to extra dimensions and particles that could make up dark matter. The articles below relate to the ATLAS experiment.

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Higgs boson machine-learning challenge

Teach the machines: CERN launches competition to develop machine-learning analysis techniques for Higgs data

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Computing
19 May, 2014
Computing
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19 May, 2014

LHC and Tevatron scientists announce first joint result

Scientists working at LHC and Tevatron colliders join forces to produce more precise measurement of the mass of the top quark

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Experiments
19 March, 2014

ATLAS outreach without borders

Newly elected ATLAS outreach co-coordinator Kate Shaw hopes to bring particle physics to students in developing countries

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Experiments
07 March, 2014
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07 March, 2014

ATLAS outreach without borders

Newly elected ATLAS outreach co-coordinator Kate Shaw hopes to bring particle physics to students in developing countries

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Experiments
07 March, 2014
Experiments
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07 March, 2014

Five outstanding students win ATLAS Thesis Awards

The ATLAS Thesis Awards recognize young postdoctoral candidates who have contributed to the ATLAS experiment with an excellent PhD thesis

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Experiments
21 February, 2014
Experiments
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21 February, 2014

CERN announces first recipients of ATLAS PhD Grant

The first recipients of the ATLAS PhD Grant – a fund set up with award money from the Fundamental Physics Prize – begin their scholarships this year

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Experiments
12 February, 2014
Experiments
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12 February, 2014

Webcast: ATLAS probes quark-gluon plasma

Aaron Richard Angerami of Columbia University in the US presents "Soft and hard probes of high-temperature matter with the ATLAS experiment"

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Experiments
21 January, 2014
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21 January, 2014

Upgrading the ATLAS trigger system

ATLAS is improving its trigger system to be able to select even more collision events with potentially interesting physics

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Accelerators
19 December, 2013
Accelerators
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19 December, 2013

ATLAS: 4.1 sigma for Higgs to two tau

The ATLAS experiment at CERN has found evidence for the Higgs boson decaying to fermions: two tau particles, to be precise

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Experiments
27 November, 2013
Experiments
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27 November, 2013

ATLAS sees Higgs boson decay to fermions

The ATLAS experiment at CERN has found evidence for the Higgs boson decaying to two tau particles

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Experiments
27 November, 2013
Experiments
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27 November, 2013

Fabiola Gianotti appointed to UN’s Scientific Advisory Board

Former ATLAS Experiment spokesperson, Fabiola Gianotti, is among the 26 scientists appointed to the UN Secretary-General’s Scientific Advisory Board

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Experiments
23 October, 2013

Fabiola Gianotti appointed to UN’s Scientific Advisory Board

Former ATLAS Experiment spokesperson, Fabiola Gianotti, is among the 26 scientists appointed to the UN Secretary-General’s Scientific Advisory Board

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Experiments
23 October, 2013