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Quark Wakes in the Quark-Gluon Plasma: How CMS Used Z Bosons as a Clean Reference
CMS tagged Z bosons in lead-lead collisions to look for the wake a fast quark leaves in quark-gluon plasma. How the measurement…
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The LHC Is Coming Apart on Purpose: A Teardown of the High-Luminosity Upgrade, Part by Part
CERN has begun dismantling the LHC for the High-Luminosity upgrade. A part-by-part look at the schedule, the 30-tonne absorbers, and the magnets…
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Inelastic Dark Matter in Electron Pairs: What CMS Searched For and Found
CMS searched for inelastic dark matter decaying into soft electron pairs far from the collision point. It found no excess, and the…