National Institute for Subatomic Physics
Welcome to Nikhef. We are the Dutch National Institute for Subatomic Physics. Our institute performs research into the elementary building blocks of our Universe, their mutual forces and the structure of space and time.
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Dorothea Samtleben new program leader of the neutrino group at Nikhef
Neutrino physicist Dorothea Samtleben is the new program leader of Nikhef’s Neutrino Physics group as of April 1. She is the institute’s first female program leader. Samtleben (Hamburg,…
ATLAS reanalyzes W boson: slightly lighter, and much sharper in focus
The ATLAS experiment at CERN has presented a better estimate of the mass of one of the cornerstones of the Standard Model. The W boson turns out to…
XENONnT detector improves record in dark matter search
The expansion of the XENON experiment at Gran Sasso in Italy is bearing fruit. The larger detector works better than its predecessors. So reports the XENON collaboration today…