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.

192 results

ATLAS nets top quark produced together with a photon

With its high statistical significance, the result represents the first observation of electroweak top-quark–photon production

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Physics
24 March, 2022

ATLAS seeks out unusual signatures of long-lived particles

Physicists at the ATLAS experiment are on the hunt for new, long-lived particles to help explain several outstanding mysteries of our Universe

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Physics
22 March, 2022

ATLAS celebrates its 2021 Thesis Award winners

Six young researchers were honoured in an online ceremony on 24 February

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At CERN
21 March, 2022

ATLAS and CMS chase the invisible with the Higgs boson

The collaborations have set stringent new bounds on the fraction of Higgs bosons transforming into invisible particles

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Physics
24 February, 2022

Bringing new life to ATLAS data

The updated version of the ATLAS analysis software will reprocess all ATLAS collision data from Run 2 over the coming months

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Experiments
22 October, 2021
Experiments
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22 October, 2021

ATLAS reports first observation of WWW production

The ATLAS collaboration announces the first observation of WWW production: the simultaneous creation of three massive W bosons in high-energy LHC collisions

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Physics
26 July, 2021

Live: from the ATLAS experiment

Join scientists live from the underground cavern of the ATLAS experiment tomorrow on social media

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At CERN
14 July, 2021
At CERN
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14 July, 2021

First ATLAS New Small Wheel nears completion

On Friday 28 May 2021, the final "wedge" of the first ATLAS New Small Wheel was installed in the detector. This was an important milestone for the Collaboration, in preparation for the wheel’s installation in the ATLAS cavern later this summer

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Experiments
07 June, 2021
Experiments
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07 June, 2021

Supporting talented students with the ATLAS PhD Grant

On 13 April 2021, the recipients of this year's ATLAS PhD Grant were celebrated in an online ceremony

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Experiments
30 April, 2021

ATLAS searches for pairs of Higgs bosons in a rare particle decay

The ATLAS search achieves the world’s best constraints on the size of the Higgs boson’s self-coupling, creating a portal of better understanding into the fundamental Higgs mechanism

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Physics
30 March, 2021

Aligning the ATLAS muon spectrometer

In new results, ATLAS physicists describe novel techniques used to accurately align the muon spectrometer

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Experiments
23 March, 2021
Experiments
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23 March, 2021