Category Archives: Particle Physics

Richard Feynman’s Centenary

Posted on 17/05/2018 by Jon Butterworth

Interview with Adam Rutherford on BBC Inside Science.

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How much mass does the W boson have?

Posted on 20/02/2018 by Jon Butterworth

And why it matters Whenever I describe the fundamental forces to an audience that does not entirely consist of other particle physicists (happens more often that you might think), it is the weak force that causes trouble. Electromagnetism holds atoms … Continue reading →

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Our “Map of the Invisible”

Posted on 16/01/2018 by Jon Butterworth

Interview with John Humphrys on BBC Radio 4 Today programme, prior to the book launch at the Royal Institution. Here’s my lecture from the Royal Institution: And here is the Q&A afterwards:

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After 40 years of studying the strong nuclear force, a revelation

Posted on 28/12/2017 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian.  

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