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Particle physics

HERA-B

Physics; Particle physics

An experiment located at the DESY laboratory. HERA-B used the 920 GeV proton beam of HERA (data acquisition until 2003).

HERMES

Physics; Particle physics

An experiment located at the DESY laboratory. HERMES uses the polarized electron beam of HERA.

Higgs boson (H)

Physics; Particle physics

An as yet undiscovered particle that appears when sufficient energy is imparted to the Higgs Field.

Higgs Field

Physics; Particle physics

A hypothetical medium that permeates space and time, and is thought to impart masses to all of the particles of the Standard Model. Without the Higgs Field, all particles in the Standard Model would ...

The High Resolution Fly'sEye (HiRes)

Physics; Particle physics

A cosmic ray detector based in Utah. This detector is especially sensitive to the highest energy cosmic rays.

Homestake

Physics; Particle physics

A former gold-mine located in South Dakota that is the proposed site of a National Underground Sciences Laboratory. This mine also contained the experiment that first detected solar neutrinos.

IceCube

Physics; Particle physics

A proposed extension of the AMANDA experiment. It will be 10 times larger, at a kilometer on each side.

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