Category Archives: Particle Physics

Minimum Bias 1.5

Posted on 21/04/2010 by Jon Butterworth

A quick post to explain something about this, the first ATLAS physics results from LHC collisions at 7000 GeV. The measurement is a repeat of the ATLAS minimum bias measurement at 900 GeV, except these protons hit each other at … Continue reading →

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This is Not a Drill

Posted on 18/04/2010 by Jon Butterworth

See also Chapter 3.2 of Smashing Physics. I haven’t been paying as much attention as I should to science policy in the election. Guilty, will re-engage. I have a good excuse, of course. Even after STFC cuts we’re still members … Continue reading →

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Frog Chorus

Posted on 03/04/2010 by Jon Butterworth

See also Chapter 3.6 of Smashing Physics. Last week, on the day we got our first 7 TeV collisions at the Large Hadron Collider, quite by chance we also had the conference dinner of the annual meeting of the Institute … Continue reading →

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LHC High Energy Physics Start

Posted on 31/03/2010 by Jon Butterworth

See also Chapter 3.1 of Smashing Physics. So, the LHC breaks new ground again. Not just in fundamental physics and accelerator technology, but in doing science live in public, or at least so it feels. We had hoped for collisions … Continue reading →

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