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Carlos Salgado recibe a Medalla de Investigación 2020 da RAGC
October 5, 2020O director do Instituto Galego de Física de Altas Enerxías (IGFAE), centro mixto da Universidade de Santiago (USC) e a Xunta…
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New clues to the origin of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays
October 2, 2020The Pierre Auger Collaboration, in which IGFAE participates leading Spanish participation, presents the most precise measurements to date on the most…
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Schrödinger in Santiago and other scientific anecdotes with the historian Ricardo Gurriarán, next guest of the cycle “Transfronteirizas, conversas de arte e Ciencia”
September 17, 2020The ‘barquense’ historian, Ricardo Gurriarán, will participate in the third dialogue of the cycle organized by the Galician Institute of High…
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IGFAE launches the 3rd Science Communication Competition
September 15, 2020The Galician Institute for High Energy Physics (IGFAE) announces the 3rd edition of the Science Communication Competition (IGFAE C3), which aims…
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The most massive merging of two black holes ever detected
September 2, 2020LIGO and Virgo have announced the detection of an extraordinarily massive merging binary system: two black holes of 66 and 85…
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Carlos Salgado, appointed member of CERN’s plenary European Committee for Future Accelerators
July 21, 2020The Director of the Galician Institute of High Energy Physics (IGFAE), Carlos A. Salgado, has been appointed member of the Plenary…
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LHCb discovers a new type of tetraquark at CERN
July 1, 2020The LHCb collaboration has observed a type of four-quark particle never seen before. The discovery, presented at a recent seminar at…
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Edgar Lemos, “Early Career Scientist Award” winner from the LHCb collaboration
June 25, 2020The LHCb collaboration has just recognized the IGFAE postdoctoral researcher Edgar Lemos with the “Early Career Scientist Award”, a prize given…
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Virgo and LIGO spot a mystery object merging with a black hole
June 23, 2020Virgo and LIGO, in which IGFAE participates, have announced the discovery of a compact object of about 2.6 solar masses, placing…
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Particle physicists update strategy for the future of the field in Europe
June 19, 2020Today, the CERN Council announced that it had unanimously updated the strategy intended to guide the future of particle physics in…
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