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            4     <title>CERN: News</title>
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           10   <title>ATLAS sets new limits on exotic types of long-lived particles</title>
           11   <link>https://home.cern/news/news/physics/atlas-sets-new-limits-exotic-types-long-lived-particles</link>
           12   <description>&lt;span&gt;ATLAS sets new limits on exotic types of long-lived particles&lt;/span&gt;
           13 &lt;span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;&quot; about=&quot;/user/159&quot; typeof=&quot;schema:Person&quot; property=&quot;schema:name&quot; datatype=&quot;&quot;&gt;abelchio&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
           14 &lt;span&gt;Tue, 10/27/2020 - 16:26&lt;/span&gt;
           15 
           16                                                 &lt;div class=&quot;field field--name-field-p-news-display-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;Scientists at CERN’s &lt;a href=&quot;/science/accelerators/large-hadron-collider&quot;&gt;Large Hadron Collider&lt;/a&gt; (LHC) are finding novel ways to search for new particles. Elusive, long-lived particles could be decaying into other particles away from the LHC collision point – leaving an unusual signature in a detector. The &lt;a href=&quot;/science/experiments/atlas&quot;&gt;ATLAS&lt;/a&gt; collaboration has broadened its extensive search programme to look for these unconventional collision events. In the process, they’ve drastically improved the limits on new massive long-lived particles decaying into particles called leptons.&lt;/p&gt;
           17 
           18 &lt;p&gt;Long-lived particles are a feature of the &lt;a href=&quot;/science/physics/standard-model&quot;&gt;Standard Model&lt;/a&gt;, although for relatively low-mass particles only. Massive long-lived particles can occur in theories of new physics beyond the Standard Model. A theory that encompasses new long-lived particles in some of its manifestations is supersymmetry (SUSY). SUSY predicts that each particle of the Standard Model has a “superpartner” particle, which differs from its corresponding particle in a quantum property known as spin. In its new study, the ATLAS collaboration looked for the superpartners of the electron, muon and tau lepton, called “sleptons” (“selectron”, “smuon” and “stau”, respectively).&lt;/p&gt;
           19 
           20 &lt;p&gt;The typical search for new physics with ATLAS data is oriented towards new particles that would decay instantaneously, the way heavy Standard Model particles do and also most new physics particles are expected to do. For their new search, ATLAS physicists had to develop new methods of identifying particles in order to increase the likelihood of discovering long-lived particles.&lt;/p&gt;
           21 
           22 &lt;p&gt;Because the particles created by the decay of a long-lived particle would appear away from the collision point, unusual background sources can arise: photons misidentified as electrons, muons that are mismeasured, and poorly measured cosmic-ray muons. Cosmic-ray muons come from high-energy particles colliding with Earth’s atmosphere and can traverse the more than 90 metres of rock above the ATLAS detector, as well as the detector itself. Since they do not necessarily pass through the detector near the collision point, they can appear as if originating from a long-lived particle decay. ATLAS physicists have developed techniques not only for reducing but also for estimating the effects of these background sources.&lt;/p&gt;
           23 
           24 &lt;p&gt;The ATLAS collaboration found no evidence of long-lived particles in its search, but it was able to set limits on the mass and lifetime of long-lived sleptons decaying to Standard Model leptons inside the detector. For the slepton lifetime that the new search is most sensitive to (around 0.1 nanoseconds, corresponding to a flight length of about 30 centimetres), the researchers excluded selectrons and smuons up to a mass of around 700 GeV, and staus up to around 350 GeV. The previous best limits on these long-lived particles were around 90 GeV and came from the experiments on the Large Electron–Positron Collider (LEP) – CERN’s predecessor to the LHC – more than 20 years ago. The new result was able not only to meet LEP&#039;s best limits but also to surpass them.&lt;/p&gt;
           25 
           26 &lt;p&gt;_____&lt;/p&gt;
           27 
           28 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Read more on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://atlas.cern/updates/physics-briefing/leptons-at-distance&quot;&gt;ATLAS website&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
           29 &lt;/div&gt;
           30                         </description>
           31   <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2020 15:26:32 +0000</pubDate>
           32     <dc:creator>abelchio</dc:creator>
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           34     </item>
           35 <item>
           36   <title>LS2 Report: waiting for antiprotons...</title>
           37   <link>https://home.cern/news/news/accelerators/ls2-report-waiting-antiprotons</link>
           38   <description>&lt;span&gt;LS2 Report: waiting for antiprotons...&lt;/span&gt;
           39 
           40                         &lt;div class=&quot;field field--name-field-p-news-display-byline field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--items&quot;&gt;
           41                                                         &lt;div class=&quot;field--item&quot;&gt;Thomas Hortala&lt;/div&gt;
           42                                         &lt;/div&gt;
           43         &lt;span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;&quot; about=&quot;/user/21331&quot; typeof=&quot;schema:Person&quot; property=&quot;schema:name&quot; datatype=&quot;&quot;&gt;thortala&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
           44 &lt;span&gt;Wed, 10/21/2020 - 13:08&lt;/span&gt;
           45 
           46                                                 &lt;div class=&quot;field field--name-field-p-news-display-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;“The Antiproton Decelerator (&lt;a href=&quot;https://home.cern/science/accelerators/antiproton-decelerator&quot;&gt;AD&lt;/a&gt;) is like CERN in miniature: it has two synchrotrons circulating particles and five experiments at the end of transfer lines, all located in a semi-buried hall. It’s small, but it’s a great place to work!” François Butin, Technical Coordinator for the AD (also known as the antimatter factory), might have added that it is a CERN in reverse: in a laboratory that works to accelerate particles, the AD and its new colleague ELENA (Extra Low Energy Antiproton deceleration ring) decelerate particles so that they reach very low energies. Three years after &lt;a href=&quot;https://home.cern/news/news/physics/first-antiprotons-elena&quot;&gt;the first antiprotons were circulated in ELENA&lt;/a&gt;, the new ring has been able to inject H&lt;sup&gt;-&lt;/sup&gt; ions (used in place of antimatter until the restart of the Proton Synchrotron) and deliver them to the GBAR and ALPHA experiments for the first time. This is possible thanks to the new transfer lines that have been installed during Long Shutdown 2 (LS2).&lt;/p&gt;
           47 
           48 &lt;p&gt;Despite its modest 30-metre circumference, ELENA is the new keystone of the antimatter factory. ELENA receives protons from the AD with an energy of 5.3 MeV and decelerates them to 0.1 MeV, which avoids the need for deceleration systems that are responsible for particle loss.&lt;/p&gt;
           49 
           50 &lt;p&gt;The new GBAR experiment has been connected to ELENA since it was installed in 2017, but the other experiments remained connected to the AD. Since November 2018, LS2 has largely been spent dismantling and then replacing the old transfer lines between ELENA and ALPHA, AEGIS, ASACUSA, BASE and other potential future experiments.&lt;/p&gt;
           51 
           52 &lt;p&gt;Far from being exact copies of their predecessors, the new transfer lines have introduced innovative technology to the antimatter factory: the old electromagnets have been replaced by dipole and quadrupole electrostatic plates, which are enough to guide the particles that have been slowed down to such an extent. By not using magnet systems, the antimatter factory has opted for a solution that is economical and frees up space to increase the density of the quadrupoles, thereby further stabilising the beam. There have also been innovations in instrumentation: the previous GEM (Gas Electron Multiplier) beam control systems have made way for Secondary Emission Monitors (SEM), which allow increased and non-destructive control of the beam along the entire transfer lines.&lt;/p&gt;
           53 
           54 &lt;p&gt;“The experiments and operations team will have access to a denser, more stable and better controlled beam of antiprotons that have been slowed down by ELENA”, explains Christian Carli, ELENA project leader. The experiments will be able to benefit from these advantages once the Proton Synchrotron (PS) and the AD target (also the subject of major renovation) start up again.&lt;/p&gt;
           55 
           56 &lt;p&gt;The first diagnostics of the H&lt;sup&gt;-&lt;/sup&gt; ion beams travelling through the new lines to the experiments are very positive: “The optics are good, as is the size of the beams. After two years working towards this goal, it’s so rewarding to see the particles injected into the lines!”, says Laurette Ponce, who is responsible for AD and ELENA operations. For Laurette and the operations team, it’s the beginning of several months of work to characterise the ion beam, before the AD can supply antiprotons to the new transfer lines and the experiments linked to ELENA.&lt;/p&gt;
           57 &lt;/div&gt;
           58                         </description>
           59   <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2020 11:08:38 +0000</pubDate>
           60     <dc:creator>thortala</dc:creator>
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           64   <title>Completion of pressure tests in the LHC</title>
           65   <link>https://home.cern/news/news/accelerators/completion-pressure-tests-lhc</link>
           66   <description>&lt;span&gt;Completion of pressure tests in the LHC&lt;/span&gt;
           67 
           68                         &lt;div class=&quot;field field--name-field-p-news-display-byline field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--items&quot;&gt;
           69                                                         &lt;div class=&quot;field--item&quot;&gt;Anaïs Schaeffer&lt;/div&gt;
           70                                         &lt;/div&gt;
           71         &lt;span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;&quot; about=&quot;/user/151&quot; typeof=&quot;schema:Person&quot; property=&quot;schema:name&quot; datatype=&quot;&quot;&gt;anschaef&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
           72 &lt;span&gt;Wed, 10/28/2020 - 09:53&lt;/span&gt;
           73 
           74                                                 &lt;div class=&quot;field field--name-field-p-news-display-list-cds field--type-cerncdsmedia field--label-hidden field--item&quot;&gt;&lt;figure class=&quot;cds-image&quot; data-record-id=&quot;2742898&quot; data-filename=&quot;202009-139_01&quot; id=&quot;CERN-PHOTO-202010-139-1&quot;&gt;
           75         &lt;a href=&quot;//cds.cern.ch/images/CERN-PHOTO-202010-139-1&quot; 
           76           title=&quot;View on CDS&quot;&gt;
           77           &lt;img alt=&quot;Group picture of the pressure test of the last LHC sector, P6&quot; 
           78             src=&quot;//cds.cern.ch/images/CERN-PHOTO-202010-139-1/file?size=large&quot;/&gt;
           79         &lt;/a&gt;
           80         &lt;figcaption&gt;
           81           
           82           &lt;span&gt; (Image: CERN)&lt;/span&gt;
           83         &lt;/figcaption&gt;
           84       &lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
           85                         
           86                                                 &lt;div class=&quot;field field--name-field-p-news-display-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
           87 The last of the eight pressure tests (one per sector) carried out in the LHC took place on 27 October in sector 6-7. Undertaken as part of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://home.cern/news/news/accelerators/ls2-report-all-interconnections-lhc-have-been-closed&quot;&gt;DISMAC project&lt;/a&gt; (Diode Insulation and Superconducting MAgnets Consolidation), these tests are designed to check and confirm the mechanical integrity of the accelerator components and systems.&lt;/p&gt;
           88 
           89 &lt;p&gt;Each pressure test lasts over three weeks: the first stage is the preparation of the sector by removing the security measures that normally prevent any increase in pressure (the aim here being precisely to increase the pressure) and configuring the cryogenic equipment. Almost 200 items of equipment are put into test mode or deactivated in each sector, making this a large-scale logistical exercise. The second stage involves “rinsing” all the machine circuits before injecting helium into them, in order to preserve its purity.&lt;/p&gt;
           90 
           91 &lt;p&gt;Finally, the test in its true sense takes place: “On the first day, we inject gaseous helium into the sector until the pressure reaches 10 bar, in order to check that it is leak-tight between the different circuits”, explains Olivier Pirotte (TE-CRG), who is responsible for the pressure tests. “On the second day we increase the pressure to 25 bar, which is 5 bar above the design pressure of the LHC. The machine is kept at this pressure for an hour, which is a real workout for it but necessary in order to ensure that all the elements and structures are robust.” The pressure is then reduced to 10 bar, and the vacuum teams carry out tests to confirm the leak-tightness of the cryogenic circuits and the insulating vacuum of the sector. All the helium used for the tests is recovered and stored, ready to be liquefied and used to cool the magnets at a later stage.&lt;/p&gt;
           92 
           93 &lt;p&gt;The team in charge of operations is able to follow the work from the cryogenic control room in each sector, thanks to pressure sensors in the cryogenic circuits in the accelerator. These sensors give an indication of how stable the pressure is: if it does not fall, it means that there are no leaks and everything is working as it should.&lt;/p&gt;
           94 
           95 &lt;p&gt;The eight LHC sectors have been pressure-tested and no major problems have been revealed. The cooling has already started and is currently taking place in sectors 4-5 and 7-8.&lt;/p&gt;
           96 
           97 &lt;figure class=&quot;cds-image&quot; id=&quot;CERN-PHOTO-202010-139-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;//cds.cern.ch/images/CERN-PHOTO-202010-139-1&quot; title=&quot;View on CDS&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Group,Pressure,test,LHC,P6&quot; src=&quot;//cds.cern.ch/images/CERN-PHOTO-202010-139-1/file?size=large&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
           98 &lt;figcaption&gt;On 27 October, representatives of the Cryogenics group and the DISMAC project got together at Point 6 of the LHC to mark the final pressure test carried out during LS2 as part of the DISMAC project.&lt;span&gt; (Image: CERN)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
           99 “The start of cool-down in the LHC marks the penultimate stage of LS2 before the return of collisions in the heart of the large LHC detectors”, concludes José Miguel Jiménez, Head of the CERN Technology Department and LS2 coordinator. “Our attention is already turning to the preparation of the magnet training programme, with the aim of reaching energy levels never seen before in an accelerator and writing a whole new chapter of physics at CERN!”&lt;/p&gt;
          100 
          101 &lt;p&gt;________&lt;/p&gt;
          102 
          103 &lt;p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;bulletin&quot; href=&quot;https://videos.cern.ch/record/2742617&quot;&gt;A look-back on the DISMAC project&lt;/a&gt; (video: CERN)&lt;/p&gt;
          104 
          105 &lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen=&quot;&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;315&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot; src=&quot;https://videos.cern.ch/video/CERN-VIDEO-2020-048-001&quot; width=&quot;560&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
          106 &lt;/div&gt;
          107                         </description>
          108   <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2020 08:53:34 +0000</pubDate>
          109     <dc:creator>anschaef</dc:creator>
          110     <guid isPermaLink="false">155957 at https://home.cern</guid>
          111     </item>
          112 <item>
          113   <title>The PS key has been handed back to the Operations group</title>
          114   <link>https://home.cern/news/news/accelerators/ps-key-has-been-handed-back-operations-group</link>
          115   <description>&lt;span&gt;The PS key has been handed back to the Operations group&lt;/span&gt;
          116 &lt;span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;&quot; about=&quot;/user/151&quot; typeof=&quot;schema:Person&quot; property=&quot;schema:name&quot; datatype=&quot;&quot;&gt;anschaef&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
          117 &lt;span&gt;Wed, 10/28/2020 - 09:48&lt;/span&gt;
          118 
          119                                                 &lt;div class=&quot;field field--name-field-p-news-display-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;On 10 December 2018 at 6.01 a.m., the electronic logbook of the PS read: “Beam stopped!”. Just before that, the last lead ions of Run 2 had circulated in the machine. Protons had already been stopped on 12 November, with the permanent closure of Linac2.&lt;/p&gt;
          120 
          121 &lt;p&gt;For the PS, Long Shutdown 2 (LS2) had started and the responsibility for the accelerator was handed over from the Operations group (BE department) to the Accelerator Coordination and Engineering (ACE) group (EN department).&lt;/p&gt;
          122 
          123 &lt;p&gt;The same day, a well-planned and well-orchestrated schedule of activities was set in motion by the ACE team to perform the necessary maintenance and consolidation in the PS, and, more importantly, to start the LHC Injectors Upgrade (LIU) project activities.&lt;/p&gt;
          124 
          125 &lt;p&gt;Many, if not all, groups in the Accelerators and Technology Sector (ATS), as well as several groups within CERN’s other departments, delivered excellent work, with the timely development and construction of large amounts of new equipment that was installed in and around the PS during the LS2 period.&lt;/p&gt;
          126 
          127 &lt;p&gt;One year, nine months and thirteen days later, on Friday, 23 October (on schedule, not counting the three months of delay caused by COVID-19), the key of the PS accelerator was handed back to the Operations group.&lt;/p&gt;
          128 
          129 &lt;p&gt;All the hardware and software will now go through a period of commissioning, before a full cold check-out of the PS. After that, beam commissioning will start, on 1 March 2021 if all goes to plan.&lt;/p&gt;
          130 
          131 &lt;p&gt;The Operations group, in close collaboration with the equipment and service groups, now has the honour of making the Proton Synchrotron, which is more than 60 years old – although it has been largely refurbished – operational again, with the aim to deliver the first beams in spring 2021.&lt;/p&gt;
          132 &lt;/div&gt;
          133                         </description>
          134   <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2020 08:48:55 +0000</pubDate>
          135     <dc:creator>anschaef</dc:creator>
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          138 <item>
          139   <title>Open call for the new edition of Collide residency award </title>
          140   <link>https://home.cern/news/news/knowledge-sharing/open-call-new-edition-collide-residency-award</link>
          141   <description>&lt;span&gt;Open call for the new edition of Collide residency award &lt;/span&gt;
          142 &lt;span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;&quot; about=&quot;/user/147&quot; typeof=&quot;schema:Person&quot; property=&quot;schema:name&quot; datatype=&quot;&quot;&gt;cagrigor&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
          143 &lt;span&gt;Mon, 10/26/2020 - 17:48&lt;/span&gt;
          144 
          145                                                 &lt;div class=&quot;field field--name-field-p-news-display-list-cds field--type-cerncdsmedia field--label-hidden field--item&quot;&gt;&lt;figure class=&quot;cds-image&quot; data-record-id=&quot;2742795&quot; data-filename=&quot;1200X675-FINALPOSTER&quot; id=&quot;CERN-HOMEWEB-PHO-2020-136-10&quot;&gt;
          146         &lt;a href=&quot;//cds.cern.ch/images/CERN-HOMEWEB-PHO-2020-136-10&quot; 
          147           title=&quot;View on CDS&quot;&gt;
          148           &lt;img alt=&quot;Open call Collide 2020&quot; 
          149             src=&quot;//cds.cern.ch/images/CERN-HOMEWEB-PHO-2020-136-10/file?size=medium&quot;/&gt;
          150         &lt;/a&gt;
          151         &lt;figcaption&gt;
          152           Open Call for Collide Poster 2020
          153           &lt;span&gt; (Image: CERN)&lt;/span&gt;
          154         &lt;/figcaption&gt;
          155       &lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
          156                         
          157                                                 &lt;div class=&quot;field field--name-field-p-news-display-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;Geneva, 27 October 2020. Today, Arts at CERN is announcing an international call for &lt;a href=&quot;https://arts.cern/programme/collide&quot;&gt;Collide&lt;/a&gt;, its flagship programme consisting of a residency award of up to three months divided between CERN and the city of Barcelona. For its second edition, Arts at CERN and Barcelona are joining forces again, as part of the on-going collaboration between CERN, the &lt;em&gt;Institut de Cultura&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;de Barcelona&lt;/em&gt; and Barcelona City Council.&lt;/p&gt;
          158 
          159 &lt;p&gt;Artists from across all creative disciplines and from any country in the world are invited to apply. Proposals should include a description of their artistic practices and interests and their perception of science and of how CERN scientists and engineers are pursuing the big questions about our universe.&lt;/p&gt;
          160 
          161 &lt;p&gt;The selected artist or collective will receive a three-month fully funded residency award allowing them to pursue their art project. They will spend two months at CERN working side by side with particle physicists, engineers and IT professionals, and one month at Hangar, a centre for art research and production in Barcelona. Collide seeks artists who are inspired by scientific ideas and technology concepts and interested in innovative discourse in their artistic expression. The detailed selection criteria can be consulted &lt;a href=&quot;https://arts.cern/entry/open-call-collide-residency-award&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
          162 
          163 &lt;p&gt;Arts at CERN, the arts programme of the world’s largest laboratory for particle physics, was created to explore the notions of creativity, human ingenuity and curiosity. The Collide residency programme was established to foster networks with international organisations in order to open up new connections between art and fundamental science worldwide.&lt;/p&gt;
          164 
          165 &lt;p&gt;“CERN and its research programmes are a source of inspiration for artistic expression across the world. With the Collide residency, we want to foster stronger links between art, science, and technology and promote the cultural significance and societal impact of fundamental science”, says Charlotte Lindberg Warakaulle, CERN Director for International Relations.&lt;/p&gt;
          166 
          167 &lt;p&gt;“Over the last nine years, Collide has sought and facilitated opportunities for artists and physicists to push the boundaries of knowledge. In the context of this year’s exceptional circumstances, we are proud and happy to announce a new call in collaboration with Barcelona. Alongside our usual search for new forms of dialogue, we are now calling for proposals that challenge new models of interactions and encounters between disciplines&lt;em&gt;”, &lt;/em&gt;says Mónica Bello, Head of Arts at CERN.&lt;/p&gt;
          168 
          169 &lt;p&gt;“Our collaboration with CERN through the Collide programme is part of the Barcelona public policies on science and research. It seeks to consolidate scientific values such as citizen heritage by strengthening the ties between art and science and promoting the relationship between the scientific, economic, social and artistic fabrics as an essential driver of transformation,” says Joan Subirats, Sixth Deputy Mayor, Director of the Area of Culture, Education, Science and Community of the Barcelona City Council.&lt;/p&gt;
          170 
          171 &lt;p&gt;Online applications for Collide are open from 27 October until 7 December 2020 and can be submitted &lt;a href=&quot;https://arts.cern/entry/open-call-collide-residency-award&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. A jury of experts representing science and culture will select the winning artists who will start their residencies in 2021.&lt;/p&gt;
          172 
          173 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Further information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
          174 
          175 &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:Arts.collide@cern.ch&quot;&gt;Arts.collide@cern.ch&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
          176 
          177 &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://arts.cern&quot;&gt;https://arts.cern&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
          178 
          179 &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://twitter.com/ArtsAtCERN&quot;&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/ArtsatCERN/&quot;&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.instagram.com/artsatcern/&quot;&gt; / Instagram&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
          180 &lt;/div&gt;
          181                         </description>
          182   <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2020 16:48:07 +0000</pubDate>
          183     <dc:creator>cagrigor</dc:creator>
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          186 <item>
          187   <title>A live marathon with Dark Matter hunters at CERN on 30 October 2020</title>
          188   <link>https://home.cern/news/news/cern/live-marathon-dark-matter-hunters-cern-30-october-2020</link>
          189   <description>&lt;span&gt;A live marathon with Dark Matter hunters at CERN on 30 October 2020&lt;/span&gt;
          190 
          191                         &lt;div class=&quot;field field--name-field-p-news-display-byline field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--items&quot;&gt;
          192                                                         &lt;div class=&quot;field--item&quot;&gt;Claudia Marcelloni de Oliveira&lt;/div&gt;
          193                                         &lt;/div&gt;
          194         &lt;span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;&quot; about=&quot;/user/21331&quot; typeof=&quot;schema:Person&quot; property=&quot;schema:name&quot; datatype=&quot;&quot;&gt;thortala&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
          195 &lt;span&gt;Fri, 10/23/2020 - 16:22&lt;/span&gt;
          196 
          197                                                 &lt;div class=&quot;field field--name-field-p-news-display-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item&quot;&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;position: relative; padding-top: 56.25%;&quot;&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen=&quot;&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/K2PgRFR98Vg?rel=0&amp;amp;hl=en&quot; style=&quot;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt; &lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;p&gt;Dark matter warps distant starlight and enables galaxies to rotate at unfathomable speeds, yet is completely invisible to traditional detectors. In fact, scientists only know that dark matter exists because of its massive gravitational pull on ordinary matter. In the hunt for this elusive substance, scientists’ most powerful weapons are their creativity and their perseverance.&lt;/p&gt;
          198 
          199 &lt;p&gt;Several experiments at CERN, including &lt;a href=&quot;https://home.cern/about/experiments/ams&quot;&gt;AMS&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://home.cern/about/experiments/atlas&quot;&gt;ATLAS&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://home.cern/about/experiments/cast&quot;&gt;CAST&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://home.cern/about/experiments/cms&quot;&gt;CMS&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://home.cern/news/news/experiments/faser-cern-approves-new-experiment-look-long-lived-exotic-particles&quot;&gt;FASER&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://home.cern/about/experiments/osqar&quot;&gt;Osqar&lt;/a&gt; are searching for dark matter. In order to identify possible dark-matter particles, experiments try to “make them” (&lt;a href=&quot;https://home.cern/news/series/lhc-physics-ten/breaking-new-ground-search-dark-matter&quot;&gt;through particle collisions in the LHC&lt;/a&gt;), “break them” (by examining what could be the remnants of their collisions in outer space) or “shake them” (by searching for the kicks that dark matter could give to atomic nuclei in detectors).&lt;/p&gt;
          200 
          201 &lt;p&gt;Dark Matter Day is celebrated every year by laboratories involved in Dark Matter research around the world, hence CERN’s participation in the event. On 30 October from 17:00 CET, CERN theorists and experimentalists working on some of the CERN experiments &lt;a href=&quot;https://indico.cern.ch/event/964891/page/21172-conferencieres-speakers&quot;&gt;will present their latest research on dark matter&lt;/a&gt; and answer burning questions from the audience through a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/c/CERN/featured&quot;&gt;YouTube&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/cern/&quot;&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt; live discussion&lt;strong&gt;. &lt;/strong&gt;Viewers are welcome to ask questions ranging from the nature of Dark Matter to how scientists intend to make it in a lab – and how to visit these experiments at CERN. &lt;/p&gt;
          202 
          203 &lt;p&gt;Do not miss the presentations and Q&amp;amp;A sessions of our two special guests. At 17:30 CET, ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano will reflect on his contribution to the Dark Matter hunt achieved through physically going to space to replace a vital instrument of the AMS detector on the International Space Station. Columbian artist Juan Cortés will also be joining the live: he created an art piece entitled Superlunar, which invites us to experience Vera Rubin discoveries on the relationship between dark matter and the rotational movement of galaxies through a poetic approach.&lt;/p&gt;
          204 
          205 &lt;p&gt;Additionally, check out the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MumHL3OC-kE&amp;amp;feature=youtu.be&quot;&gt;CERN Youtube tutorial&lt;/a&gt; on advanced Dark Matter detection, and make sure to have jelly nearby… (things might get sticky), and follow a &lt;a href=&quot;https://youtu.be/YMYFhRz9UN8&quot;&gt;public talk on Dark Matter&lt;/a&gt; on the YouTube channel of the ATLAS Experiment at CERN, on Thursday 29 October at 20:00 CET.&lt;/p&gt;
          206 
          207 &lt;p&gt;For more information on the full international programme for the week (from 26 to 31 October), check out the &lt;a class=&quot;bulletin&quot; href=&quot;https://www.darkmatterday.com/&quot;&gt;Dark Matter Day site&lt;/a&gt; and follow #darkmatterday.&lt;/p&gt;
          208 &lt;/div&gt;
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          210   <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2020 14:22:18 +0000</pubDate>
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          215   <title>Introducing SPARKS! Serendipity forum at CERN </title>
          216   <link>https://home.cern/news/news/cern/introducing-sparks-serendipity-forum-cern</link>
          217   <description>&lt;span&gt;Introducing SPARKS! Serendipity forum at CERN &lt;/span&gt;
          218 
          219                         &lt;div class=&quot;field field--name-field-p-news-display-byline field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--items&quot;&gt;
          220                                                         &lt;div class=&quot;field--item&quot;&gt;Claudia Marcelloni de Oliveira&lt;/div&gt;
          221                                         &lt;/div&gt;
          222         &lt;span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;&quot; about=&quot;/user/21331&quot; typeof=&quot;schema:Person&quot; property=&quot;schema:name&quot; datatype=&quot;&quot;&gt;thortala&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
          223 &lt;span&gt;Tue, 10/20/2020 - 11:54&lt;/span&gt;
          224 
          225                                                 &lt;div class=&quot;field field--name-field-p-news-display-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;On 26 November, CERN will launch a multidisciplinary science innovation forum and public event: &lt;a href=&quot;https://sparks.web.cern.ch/&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Sparks! Serendipity forum at CERN&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. For two days a year, Sparks will bring together renowned scientists from diverse fields around the world, along with decision-makers, representatives of industry, philanthropists, ethicists and the public to address some of the big questions of our time. The forum aims to spark innovation in issues related to science, technology, engineering and mathematics that are relevant to society and that further CERN’s mission of science for peace.&lt;/p&gt;
          226 
          227 &lt;p&gt;The theme of the first Sparks event, which will take place on 17-18 September 2021 at CERN and at HEAD (Geneva University of Art and Design), is future intelligence. The analysis and interpretation of vast amounts of information is at the core of research at CERN. When searching for tiny signals in vast datasets, CERN scientists must avoid bias and embrace novel technologies. Thus, as the challenges faced by particle-physics intensify, CERN has the opportunity to bring together big data and artificial intelligence (AI). After years of mining the LHC data streams, CERN experts will bring valuable insight and contributions to the Sparks! debates, while also learning a lot from participants. &lt;/p&gt;
          228 
          229 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Join us on 26 November from 4 p.m. (CET) for the &lt;a href=&quot;https://sparks.web.cern.ch/launch&quot;&gt;virtual launch of Sparks&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt; Professors Anima Anandkumar, Jürgen Schmidhuber, Francesca Rossi and Stuart Russel will comment on the current status of the field of AI research today, setting the scene for the discussion about the future of the field during the event in 2021. Host Bruno Giussani, Global Curator of TED, will interview CERN AI experts Jennifer Ngadiuba, Sofia Vallercosa, Michael Kagan and Michael Doser on the topics we aim to address in 2021, including how CERN and science in general can benefit from AI.&lt;/p&gt;
          230 
          231 &lt;p&gt;Sparks is part of the CERN &amp;amp; Society programme. CERN &amp;amp; Society activities are only possible thanks to support received from partners, in particular Rolex and its long-standing association with the Organization. The 2020-2021 Sparks event is also supported by Edmond de Rothschild, with support from the Didier et Martine Primat Foundation.&lt;/p&gt;
          232 
          233 &lt;p&gt;For more information about the event, including a list of the confirmed participants in the Future Intelligence forum and public event on 17-18 September 2021: &lt;a href=&quot;https://sparks.web.cern.ch/participants&quot;&gt;https://sparks.web.cern.ch/participants&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
          234 &lt;/div&gt;
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          236   <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2020 09:54:19 +0000</pubDate>
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          241   <title>A peek into Science Gateway’s planned content </title>
          242   <link>https://home.cern/news/news/knowledge-sharing/peek-science-gateways-planned-content</link>
          243   <description>&lt;span&gt;A peek into Science Gateway’s planned content &lt;/span&gt;
          244 
          245                         &lt;div class=&quot;field field--name-field-p-news-display-byline field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--items&quot;&gt;
          246                                                         &lt;div class=&quot;field--item&quot;&gt;Chetna Krishna&lt;/div&gt;
          247                                         &lt;/div&gt;
          248         &lt;span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;&quot; about=&quot;/user/151&quot; typeof=&quot;schema:Person&quot; property=&quot;schema:name&quot; datatype=&quot;&quot;&gt;anschaef&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
          249 &lt;span&gt;Wed, 10/28/2020 - 11:25&lt;/span&gt;
          250 
          251                                                 &lt;div class=&quot;field field--name-field-p-news-display-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;Whether it is the discovery of the Higgs boson or the invention of the World Wide Web, CERN has left no stone unturned in its attempt to push the boundaries of human knowledge. To foster this spirit of scientific curiosity, CERN actively organises outreach and educational activities such as exhibitions, Open Days, Researchers’ Nights and S’Cool LAB workshops, to name but a few. &lt;a href=&quot;https://sciencegateway.cern/home&quot;&gt;Science Gateway&lt;/a&gt; is where many such existing opportunities will come together, along with a few new surprises.&lt;/p&gt;
          252 
          253 &lt;p&gt;“Science Gateway will take visitors on a unique and authentic journey into the Lab’s research and technology, drawing on CERN objects, CERN people and the proximity to CERN’s accelerators, detectors and facilities,” said Ana Godinho, head of Education, Communications and Outreach at CERN.&lt;/p&gt;
          254 
          255 &lt;p&gt;Nestling in the midst of a newly grown forest, the facility will strive to give visitors a whole experience beyond guided tours.&lt;/p&gt;
          256 
          257 &lt;p&gt;“If you compare it to today’s offer, Science Gateway will provide a richer experience to visitors, who may not experience a guided tour,” said François Briard, head of the Visitors and Local Engagement section. He added, “It will be accessible to the public easily, without having to register as a visitor.”&lt;/p&gt;
          258 
          259 &lt;p&gt;The project is making headway with its &lt;a href=&quot;https://home.cern/news/news/knowledge-sharing/feu-vert-pour-la-construction-du-portail-de-la-science&quot;&gt;construction phase starting later this year&lt;/a&gt; and with its content development. The building will house exhibitions, education labs, an auditorium and public areas to cultivate ideas among scientists, artists and visitors. In addition to a variety of CERN’s internal events, Science Gateway’s auditorium will give a platform to public events such as conferences, workshops, science shows and artistic performances.&lt;/p&gt;
          260 
          261 &lt;p&gt;The Discover CERN, Our Universe and Quantum World exhibitions will recreate the CERN environments, share engaging stories and bring people close to CERN – sometimes quite literally. A working proton accelerator will be placed on the exhibition floor, becoming one of the major highlights at Science Gateway.&lt;/p&gt;
          262 
          263 &lt;p&gt;But what excites Emma Sanders, head of Exhibitions, the most is Science Gateway’s added potential to reach a new spectrum of the public, who may not already be science-inspired. In this way, the project hopes to inspire a diverse generation of future scientists.&lt;/p&gt;
          264 
          265 &lt;p&gt;Education labs at CERN are also contributing to the project by adding a twist to its hands-on activities. For instance, a DIY ping pong accelerator will use electrically charged ping pong balls in electric fields to help demonstrate the principles of linear particle accelerators at CERN. The synergy of ideas between physicists, artists and communication experts from all around the world has been crucial in bringing out the best of Science Gateway’s educational and outreach content. Close to 100 physicists and engineers have contributed ideas and advice through brainstorming sessions, workshops and discussions. The teams continue to be &lt;a href=&quot;mailto: sg-ideas@cern.ch&quot;&gt;open to ideas for exciting activities&lt;/a&gt; for the project from all members of the CERN community.&lt;/p&gt;
          266 
          267 &lt;p&gt;“We want to enable interactions between learners of all ages and CERN’s scientific community, which is not just limited to particle physicists,” says Julia Woithe, Education Labs coordinator. “In particular, we want students to get to know authentic scientists also as ordinary people, and maybe as role models beyond Curie and Einstein, to convince them that science is for everyone.”&lt;/p&gt;
          268 &lt;/div&gt;
          269                         </description>
          270   <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2020 10:25:11 +0000</pubDate>
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          275   <title>Making hardware design open and free</title>
          276   <link>https://home.cern/news/news/knowledge-sharing/making-hardware-design-open-and-free</link>
          277   <description>&lt;span&gt;Making hardware design open and free&lt;/span&gt;
          278 
          279                         &lt;div class=&quot;field field--name-field-p-news-display-byline field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--items&quot;&gt;
          280                                                         &lt;div class=&quot;field--item&quot;&gt;Amy Bilton&lt;/div&gt;
          281                                         &lt;/div&gt;
          282         &lt;span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;&quot; about=&quot;/user/21331&quot; typeof=&quot;schema:Person&quot; property=&quot;schema:name&quot; datatype=&quot;&quot;&gt;thortala&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
          283 &lt;span&gt;Tue, 10/27/2020 - 11:22&lt;/span&gt;
          284 
          285                                                 &lt;div class=&quot;field field--name-field-p-news-display-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;Javier Serrano first experienced the open and collaborative culture of CERN as a &lt;a href=&quot;https://home.cern/summer-student-programme&quot;&gt;summer student&lt;/a&gt;. Since becoming a staff member in 1998, he has contributed to this culture by championing the establishment of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://ohwr.org/welcome&quot;&gt;Open Hardware Repository&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ohwr.org/cernohl&quot;&gt;Open Hardware Licence&lt;/a&gt; to facilitate the sharing of open-hardware design.&lt;/p&gt;
          286 
          287 &lt;p&gt;As head of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://be-dep-co.web.cern.ch/hardware-and-timing-ht&quot;&gt;Hardware and Timing section&lt;/a&gt; of the Beams Controls group, he coordinates a team of hardware and low-level software developers for accelerator controls. “Many of our developers came from a tradition of Linux kernel hacking,” says Javier. “The word ‘hacker’ has a positive connotation in our domain. They are problem solvers; people used to collaboration, sharing and learning. I wanted to take this culture to our hardware developments.” These efforts resulted in the creation of the Open Hardware Repository (OHWR) – a place to share hardware designs openly and freely.&lt;/p&gt;
          288 
          289 &lt;p&gt;However, even open science needs some rules to be governed by. Javier therefore sought the help of a legal adviser from CERN’s Knowledge Transfer group, Myriam Ayass, to draft the legal framework for the Open Hardware Licence (OHL). This licence gives users the right to use hardware designs released under it freely under certain conditions, such as feeding back modifications to the community.&lt;/p&gt;
          290 
          291 &lt;p&gt;A key example of a design that has benefited from both the OHWR and the OHL is &lt;a href=&quot;https://white-rabbit.web.cern.ch/&quot;&gt;White Rabbit&lt;/a&gt;, – a technology that provides control and data-acquisition systems with sub-nanosecond accuracy and synchronisation precision of a few picoseconds. An open-source approach was built into the design from the very start. “We invented White Rabbit, because we needed a new timing system in the accelerators,” Javier notes. “But we also asked ourselves if we could make distributed real-time systems that people could use outside CERN. White Rabbit ended up being very different as a result.”&lt;/p&gt;
          292 
          293 &lt;p&gt;White Rabbit has received valuable feedback from its large &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ohwr.org/projects/white-rabbit/wiki/WRUsers&quot;&gt;user community&lt;/a&gt;, which includes the Large High-Altitude Air Shower Observation (LHAASO) project in Tibet, which studies gamma rays and cosmic rays. “They saw effects in the hardware that we hadn’t detected before, such as temperature-induced changes in delays in the fibres. They fixed it and provided their solution back to the community. This open model of development has worked in the software world but had never been tested for hardware. That we attempted something new and demonstrated that it does work is one of the things I’m most proud of.”&lt;/p&gt;
          294 
          295 &lt;p&gt;The OHWR and the OHL have also been used for sharing technologies used in the fight against COVID-19, such as the &lt;a href=&quot;https://ohwr.org/openbreath/lungventilator&quot;&gt;Open Breath Lung Ventilator&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://ohwr.org/project/3dmask/wikis/home&quot;&gt;CERN’s 3D&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ohwr.org/project/3dmask/wikis/home&quot;&gt;-&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ohwr.org/project/3dmask/wikis/home&quot;&gt;printed mask design&lt;/a&gt;. His positive experiences have had an impact on how Javier now approaches new projects. “There are many opportunities to share back, provided that you have a bit of flexibility”, he concludes.&lt;/p&gt;
          296 
          297 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;bulletin&quot; href=&quot;https://kt.cern/who-are-you/cern-personnel-collaborating-knowledge-transfer-group&quot;&gt;Get involved&lt;/a&gt; in CERN’s knowledge-transfer activities&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
          298 
          299 &lt;figure class=&quot;cds-image&quot; id=&quot;CERN-HOMEWEB-PHO-2020-138-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;//cds.cern.ch/images/CERN-HOMEWEB-PHO-2020-138-1&quot; title=&quot;View on CDS&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;home.cern,Life at CERN&quot; src=&quot;//cds.cern.ch/images/CERN-HOMEWEB-PHO-2020-138-1/file?size=large&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
          300 &lt;figcaption&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
          301 &lt;/div&gt;
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          303   <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2020 10:22:25 +0000</pubDate>
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          308   <title>Beamline for Schools 2020: It’s a wrap!</title>
          309   <link>https://home.cern/news/news/cern/beamline-schools-2020-its-wrap</link>
          310   <description>&lt;span&gt;Beamline for Schools 2020: It’s a wrap!&lt;/span&gt;
          311 &lt;span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;&quot; about=&quot;/user/21331&quot; typeof=&quot;schema:Person&quot; property=&quot;schema:name&quot; datatype=&quot;&quot;&gt;thortala&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
          312 &lt;span&gt;Fri, 10/23/2020 - 09:07&lt;/span&gt;
          313 
          314                                                 &lt;div class=&quot;field field--name-field-p-news-display-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
          315 On 5 October 2020, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://beamlineforschools.cern/&quot;&gt;CERN Beamline for Schools 2020&lt;/a&gt; wrapped up with a smile on the faces of the winning teams. The two teams, “ChDR-CHEESE” from Germany and “Nations’ Flying Foxes” from Switzerland, won the special prize: a fully funded, two-week visit to carry out their experimental proposal on an actual beamline. This usually takes place at CERN, but the long shutdown of the CERN beamlines and the COVID-19 restrictions made for a unique situation, where one of the winning teams travelled to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.desy.de/&quot;&gt;DESY, Germany&lt;/a&gt; and the other participated remotely from CERN.&lt;/p&gt;
          316 
          317 &lt;p&gt;The students had a wonderful time learning and carrying out their experiments on the beamline at DESY. In a remarkable display of camaraderie, the students at DESY played a dual role: carrying out their own experiment on the DESY beamlines as well as carrying out the physical parts of the Swiss team’s experiment (based on their instructions).&lt;/p&gt;
          318 
          319 &lt;p&gt;“If you are actually willing to put in the time and effort, this competition can be quite rewarding even if you don’t win. In the process you will end up learning a lot of things about particle physics and even the general organic concepts of how things work. Winner or not, you will leave with more knowledge than you came in with.” – John Peter de Salis, member of the Nations’ Flying Foxes team&lt;/p&gt;
          320 
          321 &lt;p&gt;“After working on this, our understanding of particle physics has improved 100%. Without this competition, it would have been difficult, if not impossible, for us to achieve this level of understanding.” – Philipp Loewe, member of the ChDr-CHEESE team.&lt;/p&gt;
          322 
          323 &lt;figure class=&quot;cds-image&quot; id=&quot;CERN-HOMEWEB-PHO-2020-134-2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;//cds.cern.ch/images/CERN-HOMEWEB-PHO-2020-134-2&quot; title=&quot;View on CDS&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;home.cern,Personalities and History of CERN&quot; src=&quot;//cds.cern.ch/images/CERN-HOMEWEB-PHO-2020-134-2/file?size=large&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
          324 &lt;figcaption&gt;The ChDR-CHEESE team at DESY, Hamburg&lt;span&gt; (Image: CERN)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
          325 On 30 September 2020, both teams had the opportunity to present their experiments to the donors who made the competition possible. The Nations’ Flying Foxes team worked on a proposal titled “Detecting the Elusive Δ+ Baryon in an Electron-Proton Inelastic Scattering Through its Decay-Products”. This proposal explores how an electron beam produced by a particle accelerator can be used to explore the structures of subatomic particles. In particular, the goal of this experiment is to detect an excited state of the proton known as Δ+. Meanwhile, the ChDR-CHEESE team worked on “The Cherenkov Diffraction Radiation” exploring the light emitted by a dielectric medium when ultrarelativistic charged particles pass next to it.&lt;/p&gt;
          326 
          327 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;_______&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
          328 
          329 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Beamline for Schools Competition is an education and outreach project funded by &lt;a href=&quot;https://cernandsocietyfoundation.cern/&quot;&gt;the CERN &amp;amp; Society Foundation,&lt;/a&gt; supported by individual donors, foundations and companies. In 2020, the project was funded by the Wilhelm and Else Heraeus Foundation. Additional contributions have been received from the Arconic Foundation, the Heraeus Group, Amgen Switzerland AG, and the Ernest and Solvay Fund managed by the King Baudouin Foundation.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
          330 &lt;/div&gt;
          331                         </description>
          332   <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2020 07:07:54 +0000</pubDate>
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