Category Archives: Particle Physics

First beam for an important new physics experiment

Posted on 04/06/2017 by Jon Butterworth

An anomaly in the tiny magnetic field of a fundamental particle could be the loose thread that lets us unravel a new layer of physics. A new experiment has started to take a closer look At the Guardian.

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Is the Standard Model isolated?

Posted on 12/03/2017 by Jon Butterworth

The Large Hadron Collider at CERN revealed the Higgs boson in 2012, but has led to no comparable discovery since. It is worth asking what we hope to learn from the new data coming soon – and indeed from any … Continue reading →

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A new CERN experiment targets even higher energies (eventually)

Posted on 08/01/2017 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian.

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Does Dark Matter Exist?

Posted on 04/01/2017 by Jon Butterworth

BBC Radio 4 Today Programme, interview with John Humphrys, with a nice little video snippet.

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