North Area

17 results

AMBER releases its first results

The experiment’s preliminary results explore the production cross section of the antiproton, which may provide physicists with clues in the search for dark matter

News
Physics
02 August, 2024
Physics
News
02 August, 2024

Accelerator Report: No summer holidays for the accelerator complex

CERN’s accelerators show very good availability rates: beams are in place

News
Accelerators
11 July, 2024

NA64 uses the high-energy SPS muon beam to search for dark matter

The NA64 collaboration has used a muon beam for the first time to search for dark matter and could set new limits for a potential dark Z' boson

News
Experiments
18 May, 2024

MADMAX at the forefront of the search for axions

The MADMAX experiment at CERN’s North Area probes dark matter candidates with two new prototypes

News
Experiments
13 May, 2024

Accelerator Report: Optimisation for greater success (and new challenges)

Since the last Accelerator Report, lead-ion beams have been successfully provided to the SPS North Area, in particular to the NA61 experiment, which is their principal user

News
Accelerators
12 October, 2023
Accelerators
News
12 October, 2023

SHINE shines a light on neutrino beams

The NA61 experiment at CERN, also known as SHINE, has made new measurements that will help physicists work out the content of neutrino beams used in experiments in the US

News
Physics
07 June, 2023
Physics
News
07 June, 2023

NA65

Experiments
Experiments

LS2 Report: Accelerated beams in the SPS

The SPS accelerated its first LHC-type beam in May and is now sending beams to the North Area, where the physics season has started

News
Accelerators
12 August, 2021
Accelerators
News
12 August, 2021

NA64

Experiments
Experiments

MADMAX and CERN’s Morpurgo magnet

A new collaboration, MADMAX, will seize the chance to use a CERN magnet named Morpurgo to test their dark-matter prototype

News
Experiments
10 November, 2020
Experiments
News
10 November, 2020

NA64 explores gap in searches for axions and axion-like particles

The NA64 collaboration has conducted its first search for axions and axion-like particles, targeting an unexplored area

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Physics
22 June, 2020