LZ's record-setting limits on dark matter interaction published in PRL The LZ experiment’s record-setting limits on dark matter interactions, first announced last year, have now been published in Physical Review Letters (PRL). …
Berkeley hosts Axion Dark Matter Workshop on May 7-9 Berkeley Lab’s Physics Division and the UC Berkeley Physics Department hosted an Axion Dark Matter Workshop on May 7-9, 2025, to bring together experts focused on the discovery of axion dark …
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2025 ATLAS Masterclass in particle physics data analysis On Saturday, April 26, Berkeley Lab's Physics Division hosted the 2025 ATLAS Masterclass for students interested in high-energy particle physics. This year, 18 high school students (freshmen through seniors) participated in a …
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Berkeley Lab hosts 2024 PDG Collaboration and Advisory Committee Meetings Berkeley Lab hosted the Particle Data Group (PDG) Collaboration and Advisory Committee Meetings on November 20-22, 2024. The PDG is an international collaboration of 240 authors from 173 institutions in …
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DESI Opens Access to the Largest 3D Map of the Universe Yet The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) is mapping millions of celestial objects to better understand dark energy: the mysterious driver of our universe's accelerating expansion. Today, the DESI …
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New DESI Results Strengthen Hints That Dark Energy May Evolve The fate of the universe hinges on the balance between matter and dark energy: the fundamental ingredient that drives its accelerating expansion. New results from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument …
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Berkeley Lab has received funding to design an innovative mirror system for Spec-S5, a premier cosmology experiment that will see first light in the 2030s Our understanding of the universe and the effects of dark energy are progressing rapidly thanks …
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Remembering Herb Steiner Our colleague Herbert Steiner passed away on January 15, 2025, at the age of 97. Herb was an accomplished experimental particle physicist with diverse interests. Herb was born in Göppingen, Germany in 1927. He and his family …
Berkeley Lab hosts ATLAS ITk Workshopon January 13-17 Berkeley Lab"s Physics Division hosted a week-long ATLAS ITk Pixel Module QC Workshop on January 13-17. Around 30 researchers from around the world gathered at Berkeley Lab to share their knowledge of …
Physics Safety Week: January 27-31, 2025
