The NA64 experiment started operations at CERN's SPS North Area in 2016. Its aim is to search for unknown particles from a hypothetical "dark sector." For these searches, NA64 directs an electron beam ...

A new technique has taken the first images of muon particle beams. Scientists plan to use it to assess the quality of these beams, which are being used more and more in advanced imaging applications.

Researchers have developed a muon-based approach to non-destructive investigations for unique asteroid samples, report scientists. Japanese researchers from Osaka University have developed a ...

Researchers in Japan have accelerated muons into the most precise, high-intensity beam to date, reaching energies high as 100 keV. The achievement could enable next-generation experiments such as ...

The Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment has achieved its goal of squeezing a beam of muons before they decay. Scientists have announced a breakthrough that could be key to the creation of a powerful ...

A new technique has taken the first images of muon particle beams. Nagoya University scientists designed the imaging technique with colleagues in Osaka University and KEK, Japan and describe it in the ...

The US physics community dreams of building a muon collider. In the spring of 2022, Karri DiPetrillo was gearing up for the final step of the Snowmass particle physics community planning process. It ...

Muons, heavy relatives of electrons, offer a powerful route to non-destructive elemental analysis by harnessing their unique interaction with matter. When a negative muon is implanted into a sample, ...