Category Archives: Physics

Higgs Boson hunt ‘80% complete’

Posted on 25/11/2011 by Jon Butterworth

Interview on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme.

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Faster than light neutrinos get a bit more convincing

Posted on 18/11/2011 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian. See also Chapter 6.1 of Smashing Physics, and a Channel 4 write up here.

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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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