Search results for Muons
Novel magnets made from the strongest known hydrogen bond
Dec 06, 2006 |
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A team of scientists from the US, the UK and Germany has been the first to make a magnetic material constructed from nature's strongest known hydrogen bond. Hydrogen bonds are responsible for many of the properties ...
Particles from Space Test New Muon Detection System
Dec 14, 2006 |
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The newly installed muon identification system in the BaBar detector is working beautifully. Taking advantage of naturally occurring cosmic rays, the BaBar team has been testing the new detection system in ...
Cosmic rays detected deep underground reveal secrets of the upper atmosphere (Video)
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Cosmic-rays detected half a mile underground in a disused U.S. iron-mine can be used to detect major weather events occurring 20 miles up in the Earth's upper atmosphere, a new study has revealed.
Spinning into the future of data storage
Nov 24, 2008 |
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Scientists from Queen Mary, University of London have improved their understanding of the inner workings of our computers and mp3 players, thanks to an exciting new field of research called 'organic spintronics'.
Study Yields Surprising New Insight into High-Temp Superconductors
Mar 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Recently, an international group of researchers discovered that the underlying mechanism producing high-temperature superconductivity in a widely studied class of copper-oxygen-based superconductors may be ...
Prelude to the Higgs: A work for 2 bosons in the key of Z
Jul 30, 2008 |
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Scientists of the DZero collaboration at the US Department of Energy's Fermilab have announced the observation of pairs of Z bosons, force-carrying particles produced in proton-antiproton collisions at the ...
'Cosmic opera' set for Paris tower
Oct 08, 2009 |
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The rooftop of a Paris skyscraper is to be transformed into a cosmic-ray laboratory in an unusual week-long experiment due to start on Saturday.
Fermilab's CDF Result Sparks Rumors of New Physics
Nov 04, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Where are the muon-muon pairs coming from?
Theorists Reveal Path to True Muonium
May 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- True muonium, a long-theorized but never-seen atom, might be observed in future experiments, thanks to recent theoretical work by researchers at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator ...
'Magnetricity' observed and measured for the first time
Oct 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A magnetic charge can behave and interact just like an electric charge in some materials, according to new research led by the London Centre for Nanotechnology.
BaBar Re-feathers its Nest
Nov 16, 2006 |
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Like a bird in molt, the BaBar detector is temporarily vulnerable while it acquires better plumage.
UW scientists join hunt for 'God' particle to complete 'theory of everything'
May 21, 2008 |
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When the world's most powerful subatomic particle collider begins gathering data this summer, it will be a major milestone for a number of University of Washington scientists.
Muons in search for hidden pyramid chambers
Feb 21, 2005 |
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Earth is showered constantly by particles called muons that are created by cosmic rays, and clever scientists are finding ways to use them as probes of dense objects, including a massive pyramid in Mexico and volcanoes in ...
Super-Kamiokande Finds Structure in the Cosmic Ray Sky
May 15, 2006 |
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Cosmic rays, which are high-energy atomic nuclei driven by spectacular cosmic events, come to us from every direction on the sky. Most of them are destroyed high in the atmosphere, creating a shower of high-speed ...
AMANDA's First Six Years
Feb 29, 2008 |
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The most recent results from the Antarctic Muon and Neutrino Detector Array, or AMANDA, located a mile under the ice at the South Pole, have yielded the most stringent prediction yet for the highest possible ...
