ATLAS

ATLAS Experiment

ATLAS Experiment 

ATLAS' scientific exploration uses precision measurement to push the frontiers of knowledge by seeking answers to fundamental questions such as: What are the basic building blocks of matter? What are the fundamental forces of nature? Could there be a greater underlying symmetry to our universe?

In addition, we now know most of the energy content of our universe is unknown to us, and not within the purview of what is an established theory the “Standard Model” (SM). An unknown form of energy called Dark Energy (DE), and an unknown form of matter beyond our knowledge of ordinary matter called Dark Matter (DM), consist of the ~96% of the energy content of the universe. We are also searching for these, in particular, the DM. Generally Supersymmetric theory (SUSY) has been popular for solving some of the mysteries; these are also hunted at the LHC experiments.

News

Joshua Doucette

Meet the Researcher: Joshua Doucette

Friday, May 14, 2021
Joshua is a recipient of the 2021 Excellence in Undergraduate Research Award from the Iowa Center for Research by Undergraduates. He is participating in the ATLAS group’s Dark Matter / Dark Energy Search; the data is taken at either the LHC or Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Usha Mallik 2020

Mallik Receives Michael J. Brody Award for Faculty Excellence in Service

Friday, March 5, 2021
This award recognized Mallik's faculty excellence in service both in the university and the high energy physics community.
Spyridon Argyropoulos

Argyropoulos hunts for mysterious force behind universe’s expansion

Tuesday, February 5, 2019
An international scientific group led by the University of Iowa is trying to solve one of the biggest mysteries in cosmology: why the universe’s expansion is accelerating.
ATLAS Detector at CERN

Iowa physicists partner on next-generation particle detectors

Monday, August 6, 2018
The world’s most sophisticated subatomic particle collider is getting an upgrade, and two University of Iowa teams are designing, building, and testing a new generation of subdetectors that could yield more discoveries in particle physics.
Usha Mallik

A quark like no other

Friday, January 13, 2017
Mallik searches for ‘bottom quark’ that could confirm existence of ‘God particle’
Mallik group ATLAS control room

Iowa researchers on the hunt for new physics

Tuesday, March 29, 2005
Usha Mallik has spent a career trying to figure out exactly what happened during a few millionths of a billionth of an instant about 13.8 billion years ago.