Fundamental physics

The $3 million Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics went to the ATLAS, CMS, ALICE, and LHCb collaborations representing 13,508 researchers.

Now that NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s LSST Camera has been installed, what’s next?

The Hubbard Model was unable to predict electron dynamics in a simplified, one-dimensional cuprate system, hinting at an additional attractive force. 

The long and continuing quest to understand dark energy has entered exciting new territory.

Using the largest digital camera in the world, Rubin Observatory will soon be ready to capture more data than any other observatory in history.

Researchers positioned lasers to compress billions of electrons together, creating a beam five times more powerful than before.

As a member of a collaborative team led by General Atomics, SLAC will help bridge basic research programs with the growing fusion industry. 

The first measurement of its kind   will enable researchers to evaluate electron dynamics in a new range of super-small particles. 

Scientists studying laser-plasma proton acceleration made an unexpected breakthrough, simultaneously resolving multiple long-standing problems although they had only aimed to address one. 

Rubin Observatory’s rapid scanning of the night sky will capture the largest sample of Type Ia supernovae yet, unlocking new insights into dark energy.

NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory has just successfully completed a series of full-system tests using an engineering test camera.

About 30 years ago an ‘ideas guy’ and a team builder joined forces to search for the invisible bulk of existence. In this Q&A, SLAC’s Thomas Shutt and Daniel Akerib discuss the challenges of their field and how future generations...