Category Archives: Particle Physics

David Willetts: I’m just a science minister, not a particle physicist

Posted on 01/07/2012 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian.

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Higgs rumours: fun for you, dangerous for me

Posted on 23/06/2012 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian. See also Chapter 7.6 of Smashing Physics.

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Why does the Higgs decay?

Posted on 22/06/2012 by lilyasquith

Higgs bosons might be being produced at CERN right now, but we can’t keep them. Lily Asquith explains… here at the Guardian.

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Why is the LHC tunnel so big?

Posted on 08/06/2012 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian. See also Chapter 1.1 of Smashing Physics.

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