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SLAC theorists explore particle physics, particle astrophysics and cosmology, including searches for new phenomena, extra dimensions, collider physics, neutrino physics, dark matter and cosmic inflation.

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2016 year in particle physics

Scientists furthered studies of the Higgs boson, neutrinos, dark matter, dark energy and cosmic inflation and continued the search for undiscovere

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A Syllabus in Cosmic Rays

What have scientists learned in five years of studying cosmic rays with the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer experiment?

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Four physicists discuss Higgs boson research since the discovery.

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In Search of a Parallel Universe

What are parallel universes, and why do we think they might exist?

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The prize, shared with Sekazi Mtingwa and Anton Piwinski, honors theoretical work that helped sharpen the focus of beams at a wide variety of...

SLAC theoretical physicist James D. "BJ" Bjorken
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Participants of SLAC’s summer school learned about the next generation of collider physics through lectures, topical conference talks, student projects, poster sessions and tours.

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The scientists develop methods to study neutrinos from star explosions and search for unknown particles and forces with possible ties to dark matter.

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The Standard Model is far more than elementary particles arranged in a table.

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The first website to be hosted in the US has grown to be an invaluable hub for open science.

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Daya Bay Discovers a Mismatch

The latest measurements from the Daya Bay neutrino experiment in China don’t align with predictions from nuclear theory.

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Dark matter hunters around the world pursue three approaches to look for fingerprints of ghostly WIMPs: on the Earth’s surface, underground and in space.

Researchers around the world pursue three approaches to look for fingerprints of dark matter's ghostly components.
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Is the Neutrino its Own Antiparticle?

The mysterious particle could hold the key to why matter won out over antimatter in the early universe.