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.

On Pauli and the interconnectedness of all things

Posted on 28/02/2012 by Jon Butterworth

Do all the electrons in the universe really move about imperceptibly when Brian Cox rubs a diamond, and is it anything to do with the Pauli exclusion principle? At the Guardian.

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Gaming the system? Neutrinos, theorists and citations

Posted on 25/02/2012 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian. See also Chapter 7.1 of Smashing Physics.

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Increased energy in the LHC, and why we can’t make use of it all

Posted on 17/02/2012 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian. See also Chapter 7.1 of Smashing Physics.

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Electroweak symmetry breaking at the Royal Institution

Posted on 13/02/2012 by Jon Butterworth

A Royal Institution “Friday evening discourse” by me. Featuring recent Higgs search results, cutting-edge demonstrations and a bow tie A brief blog to advertise this: It’s a “Friday Evening Discourse” by me at the Royal Institution, as filmed by the Ri Channel, … Continue reading →

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