Can a sheet of crystal the size of your ruler bend a beam from CERN’s Super Proton Synchrotron!? The Beam Team were recently joined by scientists from SELDOM to find out.
Kay from the Beam Team talks us through how they set up an experiment involving crystals and pion beams, and why the results were so exciting…
The ISOLDE (Isotope mass Separator On-Line facility) facility, based at CERN, is dedicated to the production of a large variety of radioactive ion beams for different experiments.
Liam, from the ISOLDE team, has given us an update on what his team have been up to lately:
“At the moment, CERN is in a winter shutdown phase and most experiments are undergoing maintenance and upgrades ready for spring time when things start up again…” Continue reading
The Large Hadron Collider beauty (LHCb) experiment specializes in investigating the slight differences between matter and antimatter by studying a type of particle called the “beauty quark”, or “b quark”.
Jonathan, from the LHCb team, has given us an update on what his team have been up to lately:
“One of LHCb’s specialties is being able to make very precise measurements and so is in an excellent position to look for differences between these measurements and our predictions…
