Current World View

Posted on 08/08/2019 by Jon Butterworth

Situated at one end of “The Long Walk”, with Windsor Castle at the other, the view of the Copper Horse is awesome.

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Future echoes

Posted on 06/08/2019 by Jon Butterworth

I have three email inboxes, for UCL, CERN and personal stuff. Catching up on some CERN bulk mails of the last few weeks, three interesting articles I thought worth sharing. One is a report from the “Future Circular Collider” (FCC) meeting in Brussels. This one of the options being considered in the ongoing update of the European Strategy for Particle Physics (see tag below) and it’s interesting to see how the project is developing.

The sustainability of research infrastructures and the assessment of their societal impact were the two key themes of the “Economics of Science” workshop held during the FCC week.

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Another Hot Mess

Posted on 04/08/2019 by Jon Butterworth

Exotic matter takes centre stage in this second instalment of highlights from the big summer High Energy Physics conference.

At the Cosmic Shambles Network.

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MCnet at Cumberland Lodge

Posted on 29/07/2019 by Jon Butterworth

This week I’m in Windsor Great Park for a summer school on Monte Carlo event generators for particle physics (and beyond).

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