Superconductivity at room temperature found

Published Fri, Oct 23, 2020
Image: J. Adam Fenster / University of Rochester   A group of researchers from the United States announced the registration of superconductivity at room temperature, a milestone of great importance for physics and which may have significant impacts on research in the area of...

IIP astroparticles group work analyzes models of the new physics on magnetic moment of the muon

Published Fri, Oct 16, 2020
Feynmann diagrams that contribute to the muon anomalous magnetic moment in the 3-3-1 models investigated in the work   The anomalies found in the magnetic moment of the muon continue to generate new questions and models that better explain our Universe. A work developed by researchers from...

IIP researchers model explains data from space spectrometer on dark matter

Published Thu, Oct 08, 2020
Installed aboard the International Space Station, the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, or AMS-02, is a particle physics module developed for the study of unusual materials in our Universe through cosmic rays. The data obtained by this equipment is helping researchers at the International Physics...

Physics Nobel Prize goes to black hole research at the center of our galaxy

Published Tue, Oct 06, 2020
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced this morning, October 6th, the names of the Nobel Prize winners in Physics in 2020. Scientists Roger Penrose (University of Oxford, United Kingdom); Reinhard Genzel (Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany / University of...

Researchers from IIP-UFRN propose new vision for limitations of the standard model

Published Tue, Sep 29, 2020
Described as an elementary particle similar to the electron, with an electric charge -1 and a spin of 1⁄2, but with a much larger mass, the muon is the subject of several studies that try to improve our understanding of the standard model of physics. An anomaly linked to this particle, the...

Qubits&Quasares with Prof. Eric Cavalcanti

Published Fri, Sep 25, 2020
With a career initiated in the experimental field, and with experience in biophysics and atomic collisions, Prof. Eric Cavalcanti today is more connected to the work in the theoretical field. In this interview with Qubits & Quasares, the researcher at Griffith University (Australia) shares a...