Scientists Just Spotted a 1-In-10-Billion Quantum Physics Phenomenon
When protons smash against a beryllium target in CERN’s Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS), the resulting subatomic chaos ...
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Caption A proton (far left) from the Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) accelerator at CERN impinges on carbon nuclei (small gray spheres). This produces a shower of various elementary particles ...
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1 in 10 billion: CERN’s breakthrough kaon decay discovery sparks new physics
Kaons are generated when a high-intensity proton beam from CERN’s Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) collides with a fixed target ...
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Manchester scientists contribute to world first breakthrough at CERN
The test, using the Super Proton Synchrotron at CERN, showed that bunches of protons can be tilted, which increases the bunches’ surface area. This is important because it allows scientists to ...