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  • CMS delivers the best-precision measurement of the W boson mass at the LHC

    CMS delivers the best-precision measurement of the W boson mass at the LHC

    In an extraordinary feat of precision physics, CMS measures the mass of the W boson, and finds it to be in good agreement with the prediction by the Standard Model of particle physics.

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  • Hidden signals of new physics in events with a high energy lepton pair

    Hidden signals of new physics in events with a high energy lepton pair

    A primary goal of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is to hunt for evidence of beyond the Standard Model (BSM) dynamics through deviations from the Standard Model (SM) predictions.

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  • Artificial neural networks in search for excited tops

    Artificial neural networks in search for excited tops

    With the discovery of the Higgs boson in 2012, an important piece in our puzzle to understand the Universe was found.

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  • How Being a CERN Summer Student at CMS Changed My Life

    How Being a CERN Summer Student at CMS Changed My Life

    Guest post by Nasir Hussain, Houyem Jouini and Abbas Jheir

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  • CMS Welcomes New Management for 2024-2026

    CMS Welcomes New Management for 2024-2026

    The CMS collaboration welcomes its tenth management team: the new spokesperson, Gautier Hamel de Monchenault, and the two deputies, Hafeez Hoorani and Anadi Canepa.

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  • Exploring new frontiers: Searching for a heavy Higgs boson decaying to four leptons

    Exploring new frontiers: Searching for a heavy Higgs boson decaying to four leptons

    The Higgs boson is a fascinating elementary particle, and its discovery twelve years ago cemented the standard model (SM) of particle physics as the most accurate description of nature at and below the electroweak energy scale.

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  • Journey through the Quark Gluon Plasma

    Journey through the Quark Gluon Plasma

    At the LHC, lead ions are smashed together at extremely high speeds to create a unique state of matter called the quark gluon plasma.

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  • Testing universality – particle equality at stake

    Testing universality – particle equality at stake

    In the world of elementary particles, there are twelve generic types of fermions (spin ½ particles): 3 up-type quarks, 3 down-type quarks, 3 charged leptons, and 3 neutrinos.

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  • Combining clues to solve the Higgs boson mystery

    Combining clues to solve the Higgs boson mystery

    Since the discovery of the Higgs boson in 2012, scientists have been on an epic quest to measure its properties and hunt for any clues that might reveal new physics beyond the Standard Model (SM).

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  • Unexplored Z Boson’s pathways in decays to muons and taus

    Unexplored Z Boson’s pathways in decays to muons and taus

    The CMS Collaboration at CERN has conducted an analysis to explore the differences between tau leptons and muons, the two heavier cousins of the electron, and both also fundamental particles in the Standard Model (SM) of particle physics.

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