Tag: particle physics
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Australia To Open SABRE South: A New Dark Matter Hunt Deep Underground
The Search for Dark Matter Goes Underground in Australia After more than a decade of careful planning and construction, Australia is finalising a new chapter in the global hunt for dark matter. The SABRE South experiment will be housed beneath a kilometer of rock in the Stawell Gold Mine near Victoria’s regional communities. Shielded by…
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Australia Nears Completion of World-Leading Dark Matter Detector
Australia’s Dark Matter Quest Nears a Milestone Deep underground, shielded from the noise of the surface world, researchers are nearing a pivotal moment in the global hunt for dark matter. In regional Victoria, the SABRE South project—designed to replicate and verify a controversial Italian signal—nears the final stages of construction. Housed beneath a kilometre of…
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Australia Nears Completion of Groundbreaking Dark Matter Detector in Victoria
Australia’s Dark Matter Quest Nears a Milestone Deep beneath the earth in regional Victoria, a science project is approaching a pivotal moment. After more than a decade of planning and construction, a world-leading dark matter detection experiment is nearing completion. Housed under a kilometre of rock inside the Stawell Gold Mine, the project aims to…
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Australia’s Dark Matter Experiment Nears Completion, Aiming to Replicate Groundbreaking Italian Find
Australia’s Quest to Verify Dark Matter Signals The hunt for dark matter—a mysterious substance that cannot be seen or touched yet exerts a gravitational pull on the universe—has taken a bold step forward in regional Victoria, Australia. After more than a decade of planning and construction, a world-leading dark matter detection experiment is nearing completion…
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Shining Light on the Weak Force: ATLAS Observes WWγ Production
A milestone in triboson physics: first ATLAS observation of WWγ The ATLAS Collaboration has reached a new milestone by observing WWγ production in proton-proton collisions at 13 TeV, a rare process in which two W bosons are produced together with a photon. This triboson process, predicted by the Standard Model, provides a sensitive test of…
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Spider Pulsars: The Cosmic Predators of the Night Sky
Understanding Spider Pulsars When we think of spiders, we often envision their intricate webs and predatory behaviors on Earth. However, physicists like Manuel Linares Alegret have brought this concept to the cosmos, studying celestial objects known as spider pulsars. These fascinating double-star systems not only showcase the wonders of physics but also unveil the intriguing…