The latest results from the BaBar experiment may suggest a surplus over Standard Model predictions of a type of particle decay called “B to D-star-tau-nu.” In this conceptual art, an electron and positron collide, resulting in a B meson (not shown) and an antimatter B-bar meson, which then decays into a D meson and a tau lepton as well as a smaller antineutrino.
Greg Stewart/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
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Illustration of how a single crystal sample of silicon deforms during shock compression on nanosecond timescales.
From left, SCU Physics Prof. Betty Young, Software Developer Concetta "Tina" Cartaro and Senior Staff Scientist Richard Partridge put the fourth, and final, SuperCDMS...
Illustration of how a single crystal sample of silicon deforms during shock compression on nanosecond timescales.
From left, SCU Physics Prof. Betty Young, Software Developer Concetta "Tina" Cartaro and Senior Staff Scientist Richard Partridge put the fourth, and final, SuperCDMS...
Kavli Institute for Partical Astrophysics and Cosmology (KIPAC) scientist Ralf Kaehler, at work here in the "Vizlab," and colleagues use computer visualizations to simulate...
Putting the fourth, and final, SuperCDMS tower safely back into its storage container.
