Tag Archives: ATLAS

The Standard Model – TEDEd Lesson

Posted on 15/11/2018 by Jon Butterworth

I may have mentioned before, the Standard Model is about 50 years old now. It embodies a huge amount of human endeavour and understanding, and I try to explain it in my book, A Map of the Invisible (or Atom … Continue reading →

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ATLAS and CMS results on Higgs decay to bottom quarks

Posted on 28/08/2018 by Jon Butterworth

This morning two results appeared on the arXiv: Observation of H→b anti-b decays and VH production with the ATLAS detector (from the ATLAS Collaboration) Observation of Higgs boson decay to bottom quarks (from the CMS Collaboration)

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Two quarks for Muster Higgs

Posted on 23/07/2018 by Jon Butterworth

Since the big discovery of 2012, the Large Hadron Collider at CERN has been accumulating data and making steady progress. Two recent results establish the origins of the mass of the two heaviest quarks At the Guardian.

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How much mass does the W boson have?

Posted on 20/02/2018 by Jon Butterworth

And why it matters Whenever I describe the fundamental forces to an audience that does not entirely consist of other particle physicists (happens more often that you might think), it is the weak force that causes trouble. Electromagnetism holds atoms … Continue reading →

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