An international research team led by the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI has measured the radius of the nucleus of muonic helium ...

The greater the cosmic-ray energy, the greater its interaction cross-section, meaning it is more likely to interact with CMB ...

The MICE collaboration comprises hundreds of scientists, all working together to turn muon accelerators (particle accelerators that use muons) from a theoretical concept into reality. This is ...

Particle physics is the study of the elementary ... which mediate forces between the other particles. Intense muon beams are generated at large facilities. A proof-of-principle experiment ...

Muon tomography, or muography, is the practice of using muons generated by cosmic rays interacting with Earth’s atmosphere to image structures on Earth’s surface, akin to producing an X-ray.

Colliding beams of lead create fast-moving, short-lived gold ions. Understanding the process could help to refine ...

Comprising 160 plastic scintillator (PS) modules with optimized wavelength shifting fiber (WLS-fiber) arrangements and silicon photomultipliers, the system offers enhanced light yield and muon ...

Charged particles, however, are not slowed down by the refractive index, so a high-energy charged particle—say, a 500 MeV muon, which is travelling at 0.977c—will be travelling faster than light in ...

This scalable solution establishes a transferable technique for next-generation neutrino detectors requiring muon identification efficiency >99.5% across multi-ton volumes. The findings are ...

This 3-D image shows a cosmic-ray muon producing a large shower of energy as it passes through the NOvA far detector in Minnesota. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the ...