Tag Archives: dark matter

Exploring the “Higgs Portal”

Posted on 11/04/2019 by Jon Butterworth

The Higgs boson is unique. Does it open a door to Dark Matter? All known fundamental particles acquire mass by interacting with the Higgs boson. Actually, more correctly, they interact with a quantum field which is present even in “empty” … Continue reading →

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Particle & astro-particle physics annual UK meeting

Posted on 10/04/2019 by Jon Butterworth

The annual UK particle physics and astroparticle physics conference was hosted by Imperial this week, and has just finished. Some slightly random highlights.

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Catching up

Posted on 15/03/2019 by Jon Butterworth

I have been too distracted to write much lately. This is partly due to the demoralising backdrop of UK politics, and partly because I have been having fun with physics and related matters. This is a quick catch up on … Continue reading →

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A Dark Matter mystery explained?

Posted on 09/01/2019 by Jon Butterworth

A paper on the arXiv this morning offers an explanation for an intriguing, long-standing anomalous result from the DAMA experiment. According to our current best model of how the universe hangs together, the Earth orbits the Sun within a galactic … Continue reading →

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