Tag Archives: Boost

A good week for neutrinos: highest-power beam delivers oscillations, space delivers highest energy

Posted on 09/08/2015 by Jon Butterworth

The NOνA far detector, at Ash River Minnesota, measures neutrinos fired from Fermilab in Chicago – 800 km away. This week NOνA reported data showing that they change types during that journey; the beginning of what promises to be an … Continue reading →

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What does it feel like when everyone else finds the Higgs, and you don’t?

Posted on 06/09/2014 by Jon Butterworth

A short film on the ups, but mainly downs, of a difficult search. A couple of weeks ago we hosted a small-ish meeting at UCL, the sixth “Boost” workshop. I’ve written about these before and I enjoy them a lot. It was great … Continue reading →

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Praising Arizona

Posted on 31/08/2013 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian.

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Higgs boson: the definite article?

Posted on 30/07/2012 by Jon Butterworth

A week in Valencia discussing the new boson. When is a Higgs boson the Higgs boson, and does the boost help?

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