Tag Archives: Boost

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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Boosted objects in Princeton

Posted on 24/05/2011 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian. See also Chapter 5.2 of Smashing Physics.

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The Physics behind the paper behind “Colliding Particles”

Posted on 29/12/2009 by Jon Butterworth

This post is also at The Guardian, and is expanded in Chapter 1.7 of Smashing Physics. This is a bit of a niche post but there was recently a review in Physics World of these videos I’m in about research … Continue reading →

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