News tagged with fermi energy

Major US atom-smasher closes after 25 years (Update)

A powerful US atom-smasher that was the world's biggest particle collider for nearly a quarter-century closed forever on Friday, solidifying Europe's place as the world leader in physics. ...

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created Sep 30, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 24

Tevatron retires: The era of big American physics about to end

The era of big American physics ends Friday with the retirement of the Tevatron particle accelerator, which has been recreating the Big Bang under four miles of Illinois prairie for 25 years.

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created Sep 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 16

Scientists find evidence for significant matter-antimatter asymmetry

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists of the DZero collaboration at the Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory announced Friday, May 14, that they have found evidence for significant violation ...

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created May 18, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (41) | comments 86 | with audio podcast

Scientist explore future of high-energy physics

In a 1954 speech to the American Physical Society, the University of Chicago's Enrico Fermi fancifully envisioned a particle accelerator that encircled the globe. Such would be the ultimate theoretical outcome, ...

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created Feb 09, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (18) | comments 18 | with audio podcast

Physicists observe kink in the dispersion of f-electrons

(PhysOrg.com) -- Los Alamos researchers in collaboration with colleagues in US and Europe report on the observation of a kink in the dispersion of f-electrons in USb2.

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created Feb 02, 2009 | popularity 1.9 / 5 (14) | comments 0