Tag Archives: CERN

Fun with data

Posted on 22/06/2010 by Jon Butterworth

Quick one, rather than my usual finely-honed prose. I am very busy and am having lots of fun. We are writing papers on jet data from ATLAS. I love this, and as I tweeted I am just so impressed by … Continue reading →

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Wellcome to Physics

Posted on 23/05/2010 by Jon Butterworth

See also Chapter 2.3 of Smashing Physics. A couple of days ago I took part in a “packed lunch” discussion at the Wellcome Exhibition, about CERN, the LHC, and my work at UCL. A lot of fun. I turned up with … Continue reading →

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Minimum Bias 1.5

Posted on 21/04/2010 by Jon Butterworth

A quick post to explain something about this, the first ATLAS physics results from LHC collisions at 7000 GeV. The measurement is a repeat of the ATLAS minimum bias measurement at 900 GeV, except these protons hit each other at … Continue reading →

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LHC High Energy Physics Start

Posted on 31/03/2010 by Jon Butterworth

See also Chapter 3.1 of Smashing Physics. So, the LHC breaks new ground again. Not just in fundamental physics and accelerator technology, but in doing science live in public, or at least so it feels. We had hoped for collisions … Continue reading →

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