Tag Archives: Cosmic Shambles

A Decade of the Higgs Boson and Beyond

Posted on 04/07/2022 by Jon Butterworth

Some bits and pieces on today’s festivities. An article at the Cosmic Shambles Network: There’s also a live webcast from CERN. And (along with several others) I talked to Harry Cliff for this excellent New Scientist article, and am extensively … Continue reading →

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On the new CDF measurement of the W boson mass

Posted on 23/04/2022 by Jon Butterworth

Just before the LHC Run 3 restart, the big news in particle physics was (and probably still is) the new measurement of the mass of the W boson from the CDF experiment. I talked about it a week ago at … Continue reading →

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The relativity of age

Posted on 09/08/2021 by Jon Butterworth

Right, well the weekend was fun. We went to Cambridge which, while only 48mins away on the train, felt like an adventure in these coronaviral times. The world has shrunk to a plague-stricken village, while at the same time growing … Continue reading →

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Focus: Why are bubbles round?

Posted on 06/08/2021 by Jon Butterworth

I may not have added to this blog for quite some time, but I have been writing… For example, there was this paper on LHC data and composite Dark Matter. Perhaps more accessibly, I have been writing some little physics … Continue reading →

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