symmetry magazine https://www.symmetrymagazine.org/ dimensions of particle physics en Fri, 19 Apr 2024 09:21:54 -0500 Thu, 18 Apr 2024 06:59:45 -0500 Physics vocabulary: AI edition https://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/physics-vocabulary-ai-edition?utm_source=main_feed_click&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=main_feed&utm_content=click

Don’t know your convolutional neural networks from your boosted decision trees? Symmetry is here to help.

Emily Ayshford 55733 2024-04-18T06:59:45-0500 symmetry magazine
Symmetry’s guide to AI in particle physics and astrophysics https://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/symmetrys-guide-to-ai-in-particle-physics-and-astrophysics?utm_source=main_feed_click&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=main_feed&utm_content=click

In the coming weeks, Symmetry will explore the ways scientists are using artificial intelligence to advance particle physics and astrophysics—in a series of articles written and illustrated entirely by humans.

Kathryn Jepsen 55723 2024-04-17T08:00:00-0500 symmetry magazine
‘This is our Muon Shot’ https://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/this-is-our-muon-shot?utm_source=main_feed_click&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=main_feed&utm_content=click

The US physics community dreams of building a muon collider.

Laura Dattaro 55708 2024-04-10T08:00:00-0500 symmetry magazine
First results from DESI make the most precise measurement of our expanding universe https://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/first-results-from-desi-make-the-most-precise-measurement-of-our-expanding-universe?utm_source=main_feed_click&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=main_feed&utm_content=click

With just its first year of data, DESI has surpassed all previous 3D spectroscopic maps combined and confirmed the basics of our best model of the universe.

Lauren Biron 55718 2024-04-04T08:00:00-0500 symmetry magazine
SLAC completes construction of the largest digital camera ever built for astronomy https://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/slac-completes-construction-of-the-largest-digital-camera-ever-built-for-astronomy?utm_source=main_feed_click&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=main_feed&utm_content=click

Once set in place atop a telescope in Chile, the 3,200-megapixel LSST Camera will help researchers better understand dark matter, dark energy and other mysteries of our universe.

55714 2024-04-03T07:43:26-0500 symmetry magazine
A harsh environment for life, an ideal environment for research https://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/a-harsh-environment-for-life-an-ideal-environment-for-research?utm_source=main_feed_click&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=main_feed&utm_content=click

The Particle Physics Project Prioritization Panel recently recommended, among their top priorities for the next decade, moving forward with two experiments based at the South Pole. 

Madeleine O’Keefe 55705 2024-03-26T08:00:00-0500 symmetry magazine
A trio of paths toward the discovery machine of the future https://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/a-trio-of-paths-toward-the-discovery-machine-of-the-future?utm_source=main_feed_click&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=main_feed&utm_content=click

An advisory committee recommends the US work to advance three key areas of emerging accelerator technology.

Kimberly Hickok 55697 2024-03-19T07:51:55-0500 symmetry magazine
Preventing magnet meltdowns before they can start https://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/preventing-magnet-meltdowns-before-they-can-start?utm_source=main_feed_click&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=main_feed&utm_content=click

Berkeley Lab researchers are developing an approach to avoid sudden, potentially destructive energy releases in a new generation of superconducting magnets.

Aliyah Kovner 55694 2024-03-11T11:22:33-0500 symmetry magazine
Ears around the world are on The Coldest Case https://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/ears-around-the-world-are-on-the-coldest-case?utm_source=main_feed_click&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=main_feed&utm_content=click

Particle Mysteries, a podcast released by the Interactions Collaboration, illuminates the international search for dark matter through conversations with its inquirers.

Chris Patrick 55688 2024-03-05T11:11:37-0600 symmetry magazine
From the LHC to the search for exoplanets https://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/from-the-lhc-to-the-search-for-exoplanets?utm_source=main_feed_click&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=main_feed&utm_content=click

A scientist tried using machine-learning techniques from particle physics to analyze data from astronomy—and in the process discovered a new exoplanet.

R.E. Natowicz 55683 2024-02-27T07:31:24-0600 symmetry magazine