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.

Five things I learnt when shadowing an MP

Posted on 26/11/2010 by Jon Butterworth

By Emily Nurse: On being a scientist paired with an MP, and what she learned from the experience. At The Guardian.

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On the way home

Posted on 20/11/2010 by Jon Butterworth

Distance, technology and stuff. Somewhere over Paris. I’m writing this on an aeroplane between Geneva and London. This is my weekly commute since becoming a convener of the ATLAS Standard Model physics group. We use teleconferencing and our world wide … Continue reading →

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Resonance: Music from the Large Hadron Collider

Posted on 18/11/2010 by Jon Butterworth

This blog is going a bit musical over the next few days. Watch out for Lily on sonification soon. But right now, a taster of the ATLAS CD. It’s not only heavy metal, though we have that too. At the … Continue reading →

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Heavy Metal in the Large Hadron Collider: this time for real

Posted on 10/11/2010 by Jon Butterworth

On Saturday I wrote about the plans to collide lead ions in the LHC, and showed a simulation of what we might see. On Sunday it happened. Here’s the real thing… See also Chapter 4.6 of Smashing Physics.

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