Category Archives: Particle Physics

Book Shambles

Posted on 07/12/2019 by Jon Butterworth

I did a Book Shambles with Robin Ince and Josie Long, which you can hear here. Hear hear. Ostensibly we were discussing “A Map of the Invisible”, though it starts with me denying the allotment allegation, and pretty much shambles … Continue reading →

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Cease using the phrase “Standard Model” for a theory we know to be incorrect.

Posted on 13/11/2019 by Jon Butterworth

Things James Wells writes are usually worth reading, and this is no exception. Highly recommended to anyone (like me) who is thinking a lot about the current state, and future, of particle physics. Or who is just interested in how … Continue reading →

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Things beginning with P

Posted on 09/11/2019 by Jon Butterworth

I occasionally get asked, since the LHC is not currently providing collisions, what we’re actually doing now. Answers include Protons, Papers, Poppadoms, Preparation, Python, Pictures and Philip Pullman.

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Summer Highlights

Posted on 29/10/2019 by Jon Butterworth

One of the highlights of my summer was giving the “Highlights” talk at the end of the European Physical Society’s High Energy Physics meeting in Ghent. I wrote something about it here and here already, but today my write up of … Continue reading →

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