Author Archives: lilyasquith

About lilyasquith

I am a particle physicist working on sonification of the data output from the ATLAS detector at CERN. The project I'm working on is called LHCsound and is funded by the STFC. It is based at University College London where I have just finished my PhD on the search prospects for a low mass standard model Higgs Boson. I have now moved to Chicago to start an ATLAS postdoc with Argonne National Laboratory.

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Posted on 14/12/2011 by lilyasquith

Also at the Guardian. We have a large windowless meeting room at Argonne with an old-fashioned pull-down projector screen. When I walked in there yesterday morning for the CERN videolink I was greeted by 30-odd ashen-faced physicists. Oh lord, I … Continue reading →

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Gentlemen prefer gluons

Posted on 16/11/2011 by lilyasquith

Also at the Guardian. It might seem odd to some other LHC physicists, to hear me say that I love gluons.  To someone doing a “search”, such as looking for evidence of the Higgs boson, or supersymmetry, or extra dimensions, … Continue reading →

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Robots with lasers are protecting my collider

Posted on 31/10/2011 by lilyasquith

Also at the Guardian. I have just finished my first ever set of shifts in the ATLAS control room, and now I feel like a proper physicist. I did three eight-hour shifts. The first two were boring as hell as … Continue reading →

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The joy of statistics

Posted on 29/08/2011 by lilyasquith

Also at the Guardian. Last weekend both Jon and I wrote the same blog at the same time (well, the same time for Jon in London as it was for me in Chicago). This wouldn’t be very surprising if the … Continue reading →

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