10 Facts about Antimatter

Summary: Remember when this blog started and I tried to keep it focused solely on antimatter? That turned out to be too specific but I am once again able to get back to the heart of this blog. While not and advancement in antimatter studies, this is a recent article on ten facts you may not have known about antimatter. Contained within the article are helpful links to more topics related to antimatter that can quench your thirst for knowledge. Enjoy.

SymmetryMag

Dark Articles

Summary: Linked are two articles about Dark Energy talking about one of the biggest mysteries concerning this elusive stuff and the other talks a little bit about its history. As a bonus, if you read far enough down on the page, there is an article about "The Big Bang Theory" which is a great show that I am very behind on.


Fermilab Today

Planck Length

Summary: Below I have linked you to a beautiful article in Fermilab Today answering the question "It is said that the Planck length is the smallest length possible. Is that true? If so, why?" It's not particularly news, but if you are in any way interested in physics or quantum mechanics then i is a worthwhile read.


Fermilab Today

New experiments planned for Fermilab

Summary: This upcoming spring Fermilab will begin building new facilities for a Muon Campus. Not much is know yet, but they hope to utilize muons to be extremely sensitive probes for physics that the Standard Model can't explain. (Yea!)


Fermilab: http://www.fnal.gov/pub/today/archive/archive_2013/today13-01-11.html


As always, if you ever have a question on one of the articles or space in general, let me know.

Dark Matter going Underground

Summary: A Dark Matter detecting experiment will be moving underground from it's current location at Fermilab in Chicago.

SymmetryMag: http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/breaking/?p=16324

Matter vs Antimatter

Summary: A discussion on how supercomputing is/can be used to study the differences between antimatter and normal matter.


Symmetry Breaking: http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/breaking/2012/03/29/supercomputing-the-difference-between-matter-and-antimatter/

New data from the Tev

After sifting through more data from the Tevatron, there are hints of a particle between 115 and 135 GeV with a certainty of 2.2 sigma. (Not enough to call it a discovery.) The LHC has found a suggestive "bump" as well at the same mass even though the experiments conducted to get the data were extremely different.

BBC News: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17269647
Quantum Diaries: http://www.quantumdiaries.org/2012/03/07/the-higgs-boson-won%E2%80%99t-be-playing-hide-and-seek-much-longer/

Symmetry Magazine: http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/breaking/2012/03/07/tevatron-experiments-see-possible-signs-of-the-higgs-boson-in-favored-region/

New antimatter development

Data from the Tevatron has further solidified unexpected data from the LHC regarding how particles decay. It is not quite at four sigmas of certainty but it is enough to make scientists think about the implications.

BBC News: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17200308Fermilab