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Particle Physics
Particle physics identifies nature’s constituents and interactions at the most fundamental level. Perimeter researchers compare theoretical ideas with experimental observations, then use this information to constrain the theoretical possibilities to advance scientific discovery.
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In his April 13 public lecture at Perimeter Institute, Nobel Laureate Art McDonald will explain how researchers created an ultra-clean…
Perimeter Institute Faculty member Asimina Arvanitaki explains how black holes can be though of as nature’s particle accelerators, and how…
Could black holes be the universe’s own accelerator experiments, churning out signals that may unveil exotic new particles – perhaps…
A hundred years ago in Berlin, Albert Einstein finally homed in on the definitive version of general relativity, his spectacular…
Arthur B. McDonald, a member of the Perimeter Institute Board of Directors and Professor Emeritus at Queen’s University, has been…
Perimeter Board Member and valued colleague scores two career coups in one month, sharing the 2015 Nobel and Breakthrough Prizes.
Perimeter Associate Faculty member Maxim Pospelov has proposed a new method of hunting for dark matter using atomic clocks.
Jon Butterworth, a veteran of the hunt for the Higgs boson, explains what’s next for the Large Hadron Collider (LHC)…
Jon Butterworth of CERN’s ATLAS experiment describes the excitement surrounding the discovery of the Higgs boson. Butterworth will provide a…
Jon Butterworth (University College London) explains the particle-smashing principles behind the Large Hadron Collider. Butterworth will provide a first-hand account…