CERN Alumni Weekly News | Siddha Ganju, ATLAS measured joint polarisation, LHCb discovered three new exotic particles, CELESTA launched successfully, the Higgs and the fate of the universe, CERN Courier webminars
This week we spotlight Siddha Ganju, CERN summer student in 2015, now working as a data scientist at Nvidia. Siddha works on medical instruments and self-driving cars, optimising different kinds of AI on neural networks. In our interview, we discuss her career trajectory and skillset, her favourite CERN memories and how she benefits from the alumni network: https://alumni.cern/news/829634
Joint-polarisation measurements of the W and Z bosons provide new opportunities to look for physics beyond the Standard Model. Learn how ATLAS measured joint polarisation of carriers of the weak force and why it is important: https://home.cern/news/news/physics/atlas-measures-joint-polarisation-carriers-weak-force
The LHCb experiment observed a new kind of “pentaquark” and the first-ever pair of “tetraquarks”, discovering three new exotic particles. They will help physicists understand better how quarks bind together into these composite particles: https://home.cern/news/news/physics/lhcb-discovers-three-new-exotic-particles
CELESTA, the first CERN-driven satellite has been launched successfully. The satellite entered orbit during the maiden flight of Europe’s Vega-C launch vehicle. Launched by the European Space Agency from the French Guiana Space Centre (CSG), the satellite deployed smoothly and transmitted its first signals in the afternoon: https://home.cern/news/news/knowledge-sharing/cern-tech-space-first-cern-driven-satellite-has-been-successfully
The masses of the Higgs boson and the top quark hint that there must be physics beyond the Standard Model that prevents the universe from decaying into a new vacuum state, argues John Ellis. Read this CERN Courier article about the Higgs and the fate of the universe to find out more: https://cerncourier.com/a/the-higgs-and-the-fate-of-the-universe/
Finally, the CERN Courier is organising a series of webinars to pique your interest, the first covering RF technology for LHC and HL-LHC. More information and registration here: https://alumni.cern/events/92264