Particle and Nuclear Physics
Particle and Nuclear Physics
Beijing Electron Positron Collider
View moreBEPC is China‘s first high-energy particle accelerator. BEPCII is a two-ring e+e- collider running in the tau-charm energy region and an improvement of BEPC. In collision mode, BEPC-II has produced the world’s largest samples of J/Ψ and Ψ’ events, as well as events at a range of 1.5 GeV to 2.5 GeV.
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Jun 25, 2024China Emerges in Foreground of Basic Sciences, Fostering Global CollaborationsChina is firmly on the fast track to take a leading role in basic science researches, and it is embracing more global collaborations as well. The country gained its scientific prowess almost in one generation. The Nature Index, an esteemed indicator for national sci-tech strength, showed that seven out of the ten leading institutions in 2024 are based in China. In 2015, the first year the rankings were published, the Chinese Academy of Sciences was the only Chinese institution in the top ten.
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May 16, 2024BESIII Collaboration Discovers Glueball-like Particle—X(2370)The BESIII experiment at the Beijing Electron Positron Collider II (BEPCII) has recently marked a significant achievement. It has made the first measurements of the quantum numbers of the X(2370) particle, along with measurements of its mass, production, and decay properties.
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Apr 24, 2024China Achieves Major Breakthroughs in Cryogenic Refrigeration TechnologyAfter over 10 years of sustained efforts, a research team from the Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (TIPC-CAS) has succeeded in developing a series of key and core technologies and launched large-scale cryogenic refrigeration equipment operating from 20K to 2K and from hundreds of watts to kilowatts, enabling the domestic manufacturing of these "ultra-low temperature factories."
