Deep in the archives of CERN, a treasure trove of fifteen-year-old data has just been given a second life in the hunt for one of physics’ most elusive quarries. In a study published in The European Physical Journal C, physicist Mehran Dehpour of Charles University in Prague has reinterpreted data collected by the COMPASS experiment in 2009 to search for axion-like particles, or ALPs — hypothetical lightweight particles that rank among the most c…
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