Elementary particles

Physicists Hunt Dark Photons as Large Hadron Collider Gets More Powerful

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Scientists working on CERN’s Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment have published the latest data in their search for a long-lived exotic particle known as the dark photon. Let’s Eat a Chocolate Xbox Controller Dark photons (also called hidden photons) differ from regular photons—particles of light—in that they are thought to have mass, making them a … Read more

Physicists Designed an Experiment to Turn Light Into Matter

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Plasma could be wrangled to collide photons and yield matter, according to physicists who ran simulations to explore the practical applications of a world-famous equation. Gizmodo’s Top Five Gadgets of 2023 The equation at work here is Einstein’s E = mc^2, which establishes a relationship between energy and mass; specifically, the equation holds that energy … Read more