Author Archives: Jon Butterworth

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About Jon Butterworth

UCL Physics prof, works on LHC, writes (books, Cosmic Shambles and elsewhere). Citizen of England, UK, Europe & Nowhere, apparently.

Déjà vu all over again

Posted on 16/10/2026 by Jon Butterworth

That’s apparently a quote from Yogi Berra. It seems appropriate for a number of reasons. Here I am in Geneva Airport writing a blog post again after a week of ATLAS meetings. For a couple of years when I was … Continue reading →

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Beyond the LHC

Posted on 12/10/2026 by Jon Butterworth

Back in July, Clara Nellist and I were in a field (in a tent at the Latitude Festival) talking with Helen Czerski about particle physics, how it got here (and how we got there) and where it might be going. … Continue reading →

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Smashing Oxygen

Posted on 10/10/2026 by Jon Butterworth

Particles from space have a long history of teaching us new physics, most recently recognised by the award of the Nobel Prize to Francis Halzen for the observation of high-energy neutrinos from space. Measuring and modelling the collisions of high-energy … Continue reading →

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Fourheads

Posted on 18/06/2026 by Jon Butterworth

So, is the above (a) a publicity shot from the stage adaptation of The Usual Suspects (b) four (one current, three previous) Heads of Physics and Astronomy at UCL.

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