symmetry magazine https://www.symmetrymagazine.org/ dimensions of particle physics en Thu, 02 May 2024 02:00:32 -0500 Wed, 01 May 2024 07:19:42 -0500 AI for control rooms https://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/ai-for-control-rooms?utm_source=main_feed_click&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=main_feed&utm_content=click

Scientists inside and outside of particle physics and astrophysics are leaning on AI for assistance with complex tasks.

David Krause 55746 2024-05-01T07:19:42-0500 symmetry magazine
Machine learning and theory https://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/machine-learning-and-theory?utm_source=main_feed_click&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=main_feed&utm_content=click

Theoretical physicists use machine-learning algorithms to speed up difficult calculations and eliminate untenable theories—but could they transform what it means to make discoveries?

Madeleine O’Keefe 55742 2024-04-30T07:41:18-0500 symmetry magazine
Machine learning and experiment https://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/machine-learning-and-experiment?utm_source=main_feed_click&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=main_feed&utm_content=click

For more than 20 years in experimental particle physics and astrophysics, machine learning has been accelerating the pace of science, helping scientists tackle problems of greater and greater complexity.

Sarah Charley 55740 2024-04-25T08:00:00-0500 symmetry magazine
A collaborative ecosystem https://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/a-collaborative-ecosystem?utm_source=main_feed_click&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=main_feed&utm_content=click

Physicists work with computer scientists in academia and industry to advance machine learning.

Emily Ayshford 55737 2024-04-23T08:00:00-0500 symmetry magazine
Physics vocabulary: AI edition https://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/physics-vocabulary-ai-edition?utm_source=main_feed_click&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=main_feed&utm_content=click

Don’t know your convolutional neural networks from your boosted decision trees? Symmetry is here to help.

Emily Ayshford 55733 2024-04-18T06:59:45-0500 symmetry magazine
Symmetry’s guide to AI in particle physics and astrophysics https://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/symmetrys-guide-to-ai-in-particle-physics-and-astrophysics?utm_source=main_feed_click&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=main_feed&utm_content=click

In the coming weeks, Symmetry will explore the ways scientists are using artificial intelligence to advance particle physics and astrophysics—in a series of articles written and illustrated entirely by humans.

Kathryn Jepsen 55723 2024-04-17T08:00:00-0500 symmetry magazine
‘This is our Muon Shot’ https://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/this-is-our-muon-shot?utm_source=main_feed_click&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=main_feed&utm_content=click

The US physics community dreams of building a muon collider.

Laura Dattaro 55708 2024-04-10T08:00:00-0500 symmetry magazine
First results from DESI make the most precise measurement of our expanding universe https://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/first-results-from-desi-make-the-most-precise-measurement-of-our-expanding-universe?utm_source=main_feed_click&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=main_feed&utm_content=click

With just its first year of data, DESI has surpassed all previous 3D spectroscopic maps combined and confirmed the basics of our best model of the universe.

Lauren Biron 55718 2024-04-04T08:00:00-0500 symmetry magazine
SLAC completes construction of the largest digital camera ever built for astronomy https://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/slac-completes-construction-of-the-largest-digital-camera-ever-built-for-astronomy?utm_source=main_feed_click&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=main_feed&utm_content=click

Once set in place atop a telescope in Chile, the 3,200-megapixel LSST Camera will help researchers better understand dark matter, dark energy and other mysteries of our universe.

55714 2024-04-03T07:43:26-0500 symmetry magazine
A harsh environment for life, an ideal environment for research https://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/a-harsh-environment-for-life-an-ideal-environment-for-research?utm_source=main_feed_click&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=main_feed&utm_content=click

The Particle Physics Project Prioritization Panel recently recommended, among their top priorities for the next decade, moving forward with two experiments based at the South Pole. 

Madeleine O’Keefe 55705 2024-03-26T08:00:00-0500 symmetry magazine