W boson

The W boson carries the weak force. It changes the character of particles of matter—allowing the Sun to burn and new elements to form.

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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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26 July, 2021

Rare phenomenon observed by ATLAS features the LHC as a high-energy photon collider

The ATLAS experiment reports the observation of photon collisions producing weak-force carriers and provides further insights into their interactions

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Physics
05 August, 2020

Higgs results take centre stage at annual Moriond conference

ATLAS and CMS present new measurements of the properties of the Higgs boson

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Physics
19 March, 2018

First high-precision LHC measurement of W boson mass

In a paper published today in the European Physical Journal C, the ATLAS Collaboration reports the first high-precision measurement of W boson mass

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Experiments
12 February, 2018
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12 February, 2018

How strange is the proton?

ATLAS measurements show proton has more strange quarks than previously thought

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Experiments
16 February, 2017
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16 February, 2017

ATLAS releases first measurement of W mass using LHC data

ATLAS reports the first measurement of the W boson mass using LHC proton–proton collision data at 7 TeV

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Experiments
13 December, 2016
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13 December, 2016

Forty years of neutral currents

On 19 July 1973, physicists working with the Gargamelle bubble chamber at CERN presented the first direct evidence of the weak neutral current

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Physics
19 July, 2013
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19 July, 2013

W boson published 30 years ago

On 24 February 1983 the journal Physics Letters B published a paper by the UA1 collaboration describing the discovery of the W boson

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25 February, 2013
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25 February, 2013

W boson published 30 years ago

On 24 February 1983 the journal <em>Physics Letters B</em> published a paper by the UA1 collaboration describing the discovery of the W boson

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Experiments
25 February, 2013
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25 February, 2013

Carrying the weak force: Thirty years of the W boson

On 25 January 1983, CERN physicists announced to the world the discovery of the W boson, an elementary particle that carries the weak force

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Physics
25 January, 2013

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