Colliding Particles: Decay

Posted on 30/11/2012 by Jon Butterworth

Adam Davison and Ricardo Goncalo discuss the decays of the Higgs boson, with some nice archive footage from the discovery of the W boson

Here, as promised, is episode nine of Mike Paterson’s “Colliding Particles“.

Nothing to do with zombies, although it could have been.

Also at the Guardian.

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Colliding Particles: The Dice

Posted on 23/11/2012 by Jon Butterworth

Mike Paterson made seven short films about life at the Large Hadron Collider before the Higgs. Then it all went quiet. Episode eight heralds the start of a rapid catch up.

Also at the Guardian. 

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Higgs update: steady as she goes

Posted on 15/11/2012 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian.

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New rare decay tightens the screw on supersymmetry

Posted on 13/11/2012 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian.

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