Category Archives: Science

Muon g-2

Posted on 08/04/2021 by Jon Butterworth

Obviously the big thing this week is the new measurement of the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon, at Fermilab. I’ve written about this experiment a few times before, see these articles. I haven’t had time to write anything about … Continue reading →

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A growing anomaly

Posted on 23/03/2021 by Jon Butterworth

The LHCb experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC) today released an update of a measurement that many of us physicists have been keeping a close eye on for quite some time. At the Cosmic Shambles Network

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Leptons Four the Win

Posted on 03/03/2021 by Jon Butterworth

This was a labour of love… (arXiv)

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Fourier analysis and the Uncertainty Principle

Posted on 02/01/2021 by Jon Butterworth

As I mentioned here, I was one of many contributors to the Cosmic Shambles “Nine Lessons and Carols for Socially Distanced People” extravaganza just before Christmas. My bit was a short physics chat trying to give some insight into how … Continue reading →

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