Category Archives: Particle Physics

Tevatron results: W marks the spot

Posted on 02/03/2012 by Jon Butterworth

It’s often said that without a Higgs boson, the standard model of particle physics is in deep trouble. As Bo Jayatilaka writes, if this ellipse didn’t overlap with this line, it already would be… By Bo Jayatilaka, at the Guardian.

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Gaming the system? Neutrinos, theorists and citations

Posted on 25/02/2012 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian. See also Chapter 7.1 of Smashing Physics.

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Increased energy in the LHC, and why we can’t make use of it all

Posted on 17/02/2012 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian. See also Chapter 7.1 of Smashing Physics.

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Electroweak symmetry breaking at the Royal Institution

Posted on 13/02/2012 by Jon Butterworth

A Royal Institution “Friday evening discourse” by me. Featuring recent Higgs search results, cutting-edge demonstrations and a bow tie A brief blog to advertise this: It’s a “Friday Evening Discourse” by me at the Royal Institution, as filmed by the Ri Channel, … Continue reading →

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