Physics Experiments Database

Geneva, Switzerland

The world's highest-energy particle collider. Probes the fundamental structure of matter by colliding protons at 99.9999% the speed of light.

Louisiana & Washington, United States

Detects gravitational waves from colliding neutron stars and black holes. Opened an entirely new way to observe the universe.

South Dakota, United States

Will study neutrino oscillations using a massive detector 1.5 km underground. Aims to discover why matter dominates over antimatter.

South Pole, Antarctica

Uses the Antarctic ice sheet as a natural detector to observe high-energy neutrinos from cosmic sources including supernovae and active galactic nuclei.

Gifu, Japan

Giant water Cherenkov detector studies solar and atmospheric neutrinos, as well as supernova neutrinos. First detected neutrino oscillations.

Karlsruhe, Germany

Precisely measures the neutrino mass by analyzing tritium beta decay. The most sensitive neutrino mass experiment to date.

Provence, France

The world's largest fusion reactor project. Aims to demonstrate that fusion can be a viable clean energy source for the future.

Tuscany, Italy

European gravitational wave detector working in concert with LIGO. Improves localization and characterization of gravitational wave sources.

Orbital, Multi-national

The iconic orbiting observatory that revolutionized astronomy. Discovers distant galaxies, measures cosmic expansion, and observes supernovae.

L2 Lagrange Point, Multi-national

The most powerful space telescope ever built. Observes the universe in infrared, seeing the first galaxies and studying exoplanet atmospheres.

Oak Ridge, United States

First detection of Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering (CEvNS). Demonstrates neutrino interactions with implications for neutrino detection and ambient energy conversion.

Minnesota, United States

Studies neutrino oscillations using Fermilab's NuMI beam. Measures CP violation in the neutrino sector and tests fundamental symmetries.

Ontario, Canada

Landmark experiment that solved the solar neutrino problem by measuring all three neutrino flavors. SNO+ continues searching for rare processes.

Global Network, Multi-national

Global array of radio telescopes that can resolve structures near supermassive black holes. Captured the first image of a black hole's event horizon.

Gran Sasso, Italy

Searches for dark matter particles (WIMPs) by looking for rare nuclear recoils in liquid xenon. The most sensitive dark matter detector.

Berlin, Germany

Advanced materials research facility testing multilayer graphene-silicon nanocomposites for ambient neutrino and other particle energy conversion. Pioneering neutrinovoltaic material development.