SAPHIR Millennium Institute

We promote research in subatomic physics connected to the Large Hadron Collider.

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Chilean engineering and science at CERN: SAPHIR to contribute to the development of detectors for the SHiP experiment

The SAPHIR Millennium Institute has taken a new strategic step by formalizing a collaboration addendum with CERN, specifically in the framework of the SHiP (Search for Hidden Particles) experiment, one of the European laboratory's most promising projects in its...

[Opinion] How muons scientify girls. SOURCE: Cooperativa - by: Giovanna Cottin

Muons are elementary particles similar to the electrons in our atoms. But they are not found in atoms. They rain down on us as a cascade of particles from the sky, being generated by the interaction of cosmic rays (such as high-energy protons)...

Chilean engineering raises its place in CERN: the Mobile Table passes its most demanding test

In CERN's subway laboratories, where the deepest mysteries of matter are explored, there is also room for Chilean talent and engineering. A team from the Millennium Institute SAPHIR is actively participating in the NA-64 experiment, collaborating in the...

Atomic Girls 2025: Science, Inclusion and Future from SAPHIR and the UC Institute of Physics

With enthusiasm and a strong commitment to early science education, a new version of the Atomic Girls 2025 workshop was launched, an initiative promoted by academics from the Institute of Physics of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and...

Welcome breakfast marks the start of the 2025 version of the Atomic Girls in Physics UC workshop

This Wednesday, June 26, at 11:15 a.m., at the Physics Institute of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, a welcome breakfast was held for the 30 selected participants of the Atomic Girls 2025 program, an initiative led by the researchers of the...

SAPHIR Millennium Institute strengthens ties with the University of Chile in meeting with employers

The Millennium Institute of Subatomic Physics at the High Energy Frontier (SAPHIR) participated in the 1st Meeting with Employers in Engineering and Science organized by the Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (FCFM) of the University of Chile, held in...

Chilean delegation visits CERN with participation of SAPHIR team

Last Wednesday, June 11, 2025, an official Chilean delegation headed by the Minister of Labor and Social Welfare, Dr. Giorgio Boccardo, paid an institutional visit to CERN, the European particle physics laboratory located in Geneva, Switzerland....

Giovanna Cottin, SAPHIR Associate Researcher, stands out as the only Chilean present at the main international meeting on Particle Physics "Long-Lived".

From June 2 to 6, LLP2025: Fifteenth Workshop of the Long-Lived Particle Community was held in Valencia, Spain, the most relevant international event dedicated to the study of long-lived particles, a key field in physics beyond the...

UC and SAPHIR Master's student to participate in ICTP International School of Particle Physics

Manuel López, student of the Master in Physics at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and member of the Millennium Institute SAPHIR, was selected to participate in the prestigious Summer School on Particle Physics that will be organized by the Center...

Chilean scientist participates in FCC Week 2025 in Vienna, key event for the future of particle physics

From May 19 to 23, the eleventh edition of the Future Circular Collider Week (FCC Week), one of the most important international conferences for the development of the next major infrastructure...

News Highlights

Sergey Kuleshov

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Dr. Sergey Kuleshov, Director of SAPHIR, is appointed Collaboration Board Chair of the NA-64 experiment at CERN.

 

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SUCCESSFUL LHC MASTERCLASS 2023

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Paper edited by SAPHIR Millennium Institute researcher is recognized as the most cited text by IOP Publishing.

What's happening at SAPHIR

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CERN Council approves the incorporation of Chile as an associate member state

 

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The National Director of ANID, Alejandra Pizarro, together with the Deputy Director of Centers and Associative Research, Nicole Ehrenfeld, and an important delegation, visit SAPHIR's facilities at UNAB.

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Undersecretary of the Ministry of Science, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation visits part of SAPHIR's facilities at UNAB

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