High Energy Physics Team Sets New Data-Transfer World Records
110 Gbps sustained rates among storage systems over wide area networks, and 200 Gbps metro data rates on next generation optical links, set new standards for networks and computing clustersNews Writer:...
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News Writer: Dave Zobel A computer reconstruction of the very first collisions between lead nuclei traveling at nearly the speed of light inside the Large Hadron Collider.Credit: Copyright CERN.The...
View ArticleA Hint of Higgs: An Update from the LHC
News Writer: Marcus WooThe CMS detector at the LHC weighs in at 14,000 metric tons.Credit: Boreham, S; Brice, M; Ginter, P; Marcelloni, C; Collaboration, CMS The physics world was abuzz with some...
View ArticleMore Clues in the Hunt for the Higgs
Physicists unveil the largest amount of data ever presented for the Higgs searchNews Writer: Marcus WooThe CMS detector at the LHC weighs in at 14,000 metric tons.Credit: CERNPhysicists have announced...
View ArticleCaltech at the LHC
News Writer: Marcus WooMaria Spiropulu and Harvey Newman, both professors of physics at Caltech, lead the Caltech team of 40 physicists, students, and engineers that is part of the Compact Muon...
View ArticlePhysicists Discover a New Particle that May Be the Higgs Boson
International consortium of scientists includes a large Caltech contingentNews Writer: Marcus WooThe Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) detector at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Geneva,...
View ArticleAfter a Half Century, the Exotic Pentaquark Particle is Found
News Writer: Rod PyleIllustration of one possible layout of the quarks in a pentaquark particle such as those discovered at LHCb. The five quarks might be tightly bonded, or they might be assembled...
View ArticleHarvey Newman Receives Department of Energy Award
News Writer: Whitney ClavinHarvey NewmanCredit: Bob Paz for CaltechCaltech's Harvey Newman, professor of physics, has been granted a lifetime achievement award by the Department of Energy (DOE), Office...
View ArticleHiggs Boson Observed in Haystack of Quarks
The Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) detector at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Geneva, Switzerland.Credit: CERN The Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment at the European Organization for Nuclear...
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