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.

Today I Learned

Posted on 19/04/2020 by Jon Butterworth

Hampstead Heath Constabulary appear to have taken on the role of personal trainers to the community. As I took my officially-sanctioned exercise (stroll) today, one of them was driving very slowly along the paths wide enough to accommodate his car, … Continue reading →

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Your mileage may vary

Posted on 15/04/2020 by Jon Butterworth

The corona-cancellation of travel, for both work and holiday, at least means I’m making some progress on a long-standing “to do” list.  I’m fortunate; we have a loft space where I can work, and my kids are old enough to … Continue reading →

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#PhysicistsAtHome

Posted on 21/03/2020 by Jon Butterworth

Katarina Anthony and the education and outreach team of the ATLAS experiment have started soliciting short videos from across our collaboration (and hence across the world) as we all hunker down and try to work from home during the Coronavirus … Continue reading →

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Modelling the invisible part of the cross-section

Posted on 20/03/2020 by Jon Butterworth

Originally posted on 2 eV Blog:
I am on day 3 – or is it 4, I lose count – of a quarantine since coming down with mild flu-like symptoms on Tuesday.  For about half of that time I have been…

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