Tag Archives: CERN

Physique? C’est tout le Français à moi

Posted on 22/09/2010 by Herbi Dreiner

In Bonn, we have been putting on a physics show for kids aged 10 and older for 8 years. It is a show full of exciting live experiments. The shows have typically covered most of classical physics and are supposed … Continue reading →

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Is poor advice betraying UK science and engineering?

Posted on 10/09/2010 by Jon Butterworth

The UK is reputedly poor at capitalising on its scientific excellence. Is this due to a lack of vision in the advice given to politicians? Crises provide opportunities, as every good manager knows. From my point of view as a … Continue reading →

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Into the unknown

Posted on 17/08/2010 by Jon Butterworth

See also Chapter 3.8 of Smashing Physics. This morning the first LHC paper to really probe for new physics was submitted by ATLAS to the preprint server and to Physical Review Letters. There has already been one paper (by CMS) … Continue reading →

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Quarks, Gluons and Jets

Posted on 18/07/2010 by Jon Butterworth

An updated version of this post is now on The Guardian. See also the glossary section after Chapter 1.5 of Smashing Physics. Yesterday we (ATLAS) released our first (preliminary) jet cross section measurement. “Cross section” in this context is basically … Continue reading →

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