Category Archives: Physics

Firing a quark through the early universe

Posted on 27/11/2010 by Jon Butterworth

Latest results from the Large Hadron Collider use quarks and gluons to “X-ray” the nuclear soup we came from. At The Guardian. See also Chapter 4.6 of Smashing Physics.

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Don’t wear your colours here..

Posted on 20/11/2010 by lilyasquith

I’ve spent the last 48 hours enthralled by the goings on at the Argonne “Analysis Jamboree”. I’m not really much of a one for these things… my more senior colleagues doze and my more junior colleagues tap loudly on their … 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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Heavy Ions in the Large Hadron Collider – What’s the difference?

Posted on 07/11/2010 by Jon Butterworth

Recent headlines about the LHC and the big bang look remarkably similar to the other headlines about the LHC and the big bang. What’s the difference now? At The Guardian. See also Chapter 4.6 of Smashing Physics.

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