Jan 27, 2025 · CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, is one of the world’s largest and most respected centres for scientific research. Its business is fundamental physics, finding out what the Universe is made of and how it works.

The CERN Summer Student Programme offers students pursuing bachelor’s or master’s degrees in physics, computing, engineering and maths a unique opportunity to join in the day-to-day work of research teams participating in experiments at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland. Beyond the outstanding first-class scientific value of their stay, the selected students will find working in a ...

Dec 16, 2024 · The LHCb detector seen in 2018 during its opening (Image: CERN) In the Big Bang, matter and antimatter should have been created in equal amounts. But fast forward 13.8 billion years to the present day and the Universe is made almost entirely of matter, so something must have happened to create this imbalance. The Standard Model of particle physics predicts an asymmetry between matter and ...

This image is taken from one of CERN's bubble chambers and shows the decay of a positive kaon in flight. The decay products of this kaon can be seen spiraling in the magnetic field of the chamber.

On 23 August, at the EPS-HEP conference 2023, the LHCb collaboration presented its observation of the rare hypernuclei hypertriton and antihypertriton, which surpasses the experiment’s design goals. More than 100 of these rare hypernuclei were found in proton–proton collisions corresponding to 5 fb-1 of LHC Run 2 data recorded between 2016 and 2018. Both nuclei and antinuclei are produced ...

The Future Circular Collider (FCC) study is developing designs for higher performance particle colliders that could follow on from the Large Hadron Collider once it reaches the end of its (High-Luminosity phase).. The ongoing FCC Feasibility Study, expected to conclude in 2025, is investigating the technical and financial viability of the FCC at …

Sep 15, 2023 · Magnets, those everyday objects we stick to our fridges, all share a unique characteristic: they always have both a north and a south pole. Even if you tried breaking a magnet in half, the poles would not separate – you would only get two smaller dipole magnets. But what if a particle could have a single pole with a magnetic charge? For over a century, physicists have been searching for such ...

Dec 9, 2024 · Illustration of the production of antihyperhelium-4 (a bound state of two antiprotons, an antineutron and an antilambda) in lead–lead collisions. (Image: J. Ditzel with AI-assistance) Collisions between heavy ions at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) create quark–gluon plasma, a hot and dense state of matter that is thought to have filled …

Feb 22, 2024 · As winter bids farewell, the recommissioning of CERN’s accelerator complex gathers pace, with the scientific community eagerly awaiting particle beams in their experiments. Following the traditional winter break (called the “year-end technical stop” (YETS)), the Linear accelerator 4 is the first machine to resume beam operation, followed by the downstream machines: the Proton Synchrotron ...

Jan 25, 2024 · Today CERN, the European Laboratory for Particle Physics, announced a programme to celebrate its 70th anniversary in 2024. This landmark year honours CERN's remarkable contributions to scientific knowledge, technological innovation and international collaboration in the field of particle physics. Throughout the year, a variety of events and activities will showcase the Laboratory’s rich past ...