proton

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The other 99%

Near-miss collisions at the Large Hadron Collider are shedding light on the dynamics of gluons, which contribute 99% to the mass of protons and neutrons

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Physics
05 February, 2025
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05 February, 2025

Accelerator Report: The excellent 2024 LHC run ended abruptly

The LHC was scheduled to conclude its outstanding 2024 run on 25 November, but a massive magnet quench brought it to an end two days early

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Accelerators
29 November, 2024
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29 November, 2024

Accelerator Report: Ending the 2024 LHC proton run on a high note

This year’s LHC proton run ended on 16 October, surpassing expectations with 11% more collisions than planned. Next up: the lead-ion run

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Accelerators
17 October, 2024
Accelerators
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17 October, 2024

Accelerator Report: Exploring potential performance increases

The LHC injector chain has been switched to a new beam production scheme to explore its potential to produce more collisions in the LHC and to compare its performance to that of the standard LHC beam

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Accelerators
30 May, 2024

ALICE shines light into the nucleus to probe its structure

New ALICE results shed light on the nature of gluonic matter at the LHC

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Physics
14 July, 2023

A triple treat from CMS

In a first for particle physics, the CMS collaboration has observed three J/ψ particles emerging from a single collision between two protons

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Physics
29 October, 2021
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29 October, 2021

Meet AMBER

The next-generation successor of the COMPASS experiment will measure fundamental properties of the proton and its relatives

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Physics
08 March, 2021
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08 March, 2021

The proton, a century on

A century after physicist Ernest Rutherford published work proving the existence of the proton, much remains to be learnt about this ubiquitous particle

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Physics
12 June, 2019
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12 June, 2019