ParticleBites

Recently there's some press regarding early hints of a new particle observed in a nuclear physics experiment. In this bite,

Jets aren't just a game of tag anymore

One way in which phenomenologists are utilizing jet substructure technology is in the study of hadron production. Baumgart et. al.

What is "Model Building"?

So what is it that theorists do, besides sipping espresso and scribbling on chalk boards? In this post we describe

The CMB sheds light on galaxy clusters: Observing the kSZ signal with ACT and BOSS

A new 4.1σ measurement of the kinematic Sunyaev-Zel’dovich (kSZ) signal has been made from the most recent Atacama Cosmology Telescope

High Energy Physics: What Is It Really Good For?

Article: Forecasting the Socio-Economic Impact of the Large Hadron Collider: a Cost-Benefit Analysis to 2025 and Beyond Authors: Massimo Florio, Stefano Forte,

Updates from ICHEP: 750 GeV bump (and other things we didn't find)

In the early morning hours of Friday, August 5th, the particle physics community let our a collective, exasperated sigh. What

Dark matter of Pulsars?? cont...

Title: Estimating the GeV Emission of Millisecond Pulsars in Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies Publication: arXiv: 1607.06390, submitted to ApJL Howdy, particlebite

Can we measure black hole kicks using gravitational waves?

We hope to detect a neutron star orbiting a black hole or another neutron star. This will allow us to

Jets: More than Riff, Tony, and a rumble

Ubiquitous in the LHC’s ultra-high energy collisions are collimated sprays of particles called jets. The study of jet physics is

750 GeV Bump Update

So, where do we stand today? After considering the data from 2015 (at 13 TeV center-of-mass energy) and 2012 (at