supersymmetry

Supersymmetry predicts a partner particle for each particle in the Standard Model, to help explain why particles have mass.

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ATLAS probes uncharted territory with LHC Run 3 data

The ATLAS collaboration has released its first results from searches for new physics phenomena conducted with data from Run 3 of the LHC

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Physics
26 July, 2024

Going the extra mile to squeeze supersymmetry out of CMS data

Re-analysing LHC Run 2 data with cutting-edge analysis techniques allowed CMS physicists to address an old discrepancy

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Physics
27 June, 2024

In search of supersymmetric dark matter

The ATLAS collaboration sets stringent limits on the existence of supersymmetric dark matter particles

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Physics
09 October, 2023
Physics
News
09 October, 2023

ATLAS strengthens its search for supersymmetry

The collaboration has tackled challenging supersymmetry scenarios, surpassing long-standing limits set by the LEP collider

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Physics
06 April, 2022

Searching for the unknown

In the final part of the “LHC Physics at Ten” series, we look at the searches that go beyond our current understanding of the universe

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Physics
05 March, 2021
Physics
Feature
05 March, 2021

ATLAS sets new limits on exotic types of long-lived particles

The result surpasses previous best mass limits achieved with CERN’s predecessor collider to the LHC

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Physics
29 October, 2020

CERN theorist shares Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics

Sergio Ferrara, Daniel Z. Freedman and Peter van Nieuwenhuizen are recognised for their 1976 discovery of an influential theory called supergravity

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Knowledge sharing
06 August, 2019
Knowledge sharing
News
06 August, 2019

ATLAS surveys new supersymmetry territory

New studies from the ATLAS collaboration search for hypothetical “supersymmetric” particles around uncharted corners

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Physics
23 May, 2019

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Long-lived physics

The CMS collaboration closes in on exotic long-lived particles that could get trapped in its detector layers

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Experiments
18 January, 2018
Experiments
News
18 January, 2018

Hunting season at the LHC

With the LHC now back smashing protons together at an energy of 13 TeV, what exotic beasts do physicists hope to find?

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Physics
10 August, 2017
Physics
News
10 August, 2017

The Standard Model stands its ground

The LHCb collaboration has presented a new measurement of a rare particle decay, providing another strong confirmation of the Standard Model

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Experiments
14 February, 2017
Experiments
News
14 February, 2017