Over the next three months, scientists expect to make the world’s most precise measurement of the muon’s anomalous magnetic moment, often expressed as the quantity g-2.
Look at the periodic table of elements, and youd be hard pressed to find an element that is not used in physics. But what are the most important elements for building accelerators, detecting particles, and solving the mysteries of the universe?
You can't feel it. Yet the moon's gravitational pull shifts the ground ever so slightly, creating “earth tides” that rhythmically raise and lower the ground.
Plugged into a weatherproof outlet behind SLAC's Test Laboratory, what looks like an oversized green-and-silver go-cart waits with its load of tools and paint supplies.
Reyna Pratt spends her days preparing high school students in Virginia for an increasingly competitive world. They learn biology, algebra, English composition, world history, and world cultures.