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ALICE
The Quark Gluon Plasma
Nikhef is a member of the ALICE experiment, one of the detectors at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. Our researchers hope to be able to answer the many questions surrounding quarks; the elementary particles that are locked in protons and neutrons. View Project
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ALICE
The Quark Gluon Plasma
Nikhef is a member of the ALICE experiment, one of the detectors at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. Our researchers hope to be able to answer the many questions surrounding quarks; the elementary particles that are locked in protons and neutrons. View Project -
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XENON
Dark matter
Nikhef is a member of the XENON collaboration at the Gran Sasso Laboratory in Italy. With the XENON setup, our researchers hope to be able to detect dark matter. View Project -
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ATLAS
The Higgs particle and dark matter
Nikhef is a member of the ATLAS experiment, one of the detectors at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. Researchers focus on the characteristics of the Higgs particle and dark matter. View Project -
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ADVANCED COMPUTING FOR RESEARCH
The Nikhef researchers that work on the grid, are mostly working on developing increasingly better software, and transferring their knowledge, so that all scientists with an 'impossible' data problem can profit from the grid.
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KM3NeT
Neutrinos
Nikhef is a member of the KM3NeT collaboration, where researchers hope to be able to detect neutrinos. View Project -
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THEORY
Nikhef’s Theoretical Physics group performs theoretical research on a wide range of fundamental topics in high-energy physics, ranging from particle and astroparticle physics to cosmology, gravitational waves and string theory.
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eEDM
Electric dipole moment of electrons
Researchers within the Nikhef collaboration based in Groningen study the Standard Model of particle physics, among which the electric dipole moment of electrons. View Project -
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DETECTOR R&D
Incredibly complex equipment is needed for research in particle physics. Due to the pioneering nature of the work and the expert knowledge present within research institutes, such equipment is usually developed in-house.
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ADVANCED VIRGO
Gravitational waves
Nikhef is a member of the (Advanced) Virgo collaboration. Our reseachers have contributed to the first direct detection of gravitational waves. View Project -
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LHCB
Matter and antimatter
Nikhef is a member of the LHCb experiment, one of the detectors at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. View Project -
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AUGER
Cosmic radiation
Together with international colleagues, Nikhef physicists research cosmic rays with innovative detectors in Argentina. They hope to be able to find out more information about the nature and origin of cosmic rays. View Project
News
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25 Aug
A very exciting LIGO-Virgo Observing run draws to a close on the 25th of August
LIGO-Virgo statement: The Virgo and LIGO Scientific Collaborations have been observing since November 30, 2016 in the second Advanced Detector Observing
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1 Aug
VIRGO bundelt krachten met LIGO voor ‘Observation Run 2’ (O2)
Nikhef-persbericht Vandaag, dinsdag 1 augustus 2017, heeft de in Europa gevestigde VIRGO-detector zich officieel aangesloten bij ‘Observation Run
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28 Jul
Onderzoeker ontvangt Veni-subsidie voor Nikhef-voorstel
Onderzoeker Rhorry Gauld ontvangt een Veni-subsidie voor zijn onderzoeksvoorstel 'Precisie fysica met zware quarks: van colliders tot de kosmos'.
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PhD defense Lydia Brenner @ UvA
"Character Profile of the Higgs boson" Lydia Brenner, promovenda aan het Nikhef, verdedigt haar proefschrift vrijdag 22 september 2017 aan de Universiteit
Open dag Nikhef 2017 op zaterdag 7 oktober!
Kom naar de Nikhef open dag op zaterdag 7 oktober. Kom o.a. alles te weten over de detectie van zwaartekrachtsgolven, de zoektocht naar donkere materie
28 Nov
Gala van de wetenschap met o.a. Jo van den Brand
Op de hoogte blijven van wetenschappelijke ontwikkelingen in België en Nederland? Wetenschappers doen een boekje open over hun vakgebied tijdens het Gala
Happy Higgs Boson Birthday! 4 juli 2012, vijf jaar geleden, was de dag dat de ontdekking van het higgsdeeltje bekendgemaakt werd. Met een nerdy knipoog naar de Amerikaanse feestdag noemen we deze dag sindsdien ‘Higgsdependence Day’. Vorig jaar waren er in de CERN-cafetaria speciale Higgs-pizza’s en de rijen waren toen zo groot dat het dit jaar hier maar iets bescheidener gevierd is.
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Nikhef at the Hannover Messe
Hannover Messe, april 2016 – Op de Hannover Messe, de grootste technologiebeurs ter wereld, werd afgelopen
Nikhef-bijlage van New Scientist
Nikhef heeft samen met New Scientist een bijlage gemaakt die volledig gewijd is aan het onderzoek en de techniek op Nikhef
News letter ENLIGHT: Highlights
ENLIGHT Highlights december 2016 (PDF) Read the news letter of ENLIGHT, the European Network for Light Ion Hadron Therapy. ENLIGHT is a multidisciplinary
Subatomic physics: looking at the building blocks of matter.
