Tag Archives: Guardian

Two quarks for Muster Higgs

Posted on 23/07/2018 by Jon Butterworth

Since the big discovery of 2012, the Large Hadron Collider at CERN has been accumulating data and making steady progress. Two recent results establish the origins of the mass of the two heaviest quarks At the Guardian.

Posted in Particle Physics, Physics, Science | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off on Two quarks for Muster Higgs

What time is it and why?

Posted on 08/05/2018 by Jon Butterworth

The particles of which the universe is made don’t much care which way time goes. But we do, and so do the stars and the planets. At the Guardian.

Posted in Physics, Science, Writing | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on What time is it and why?

How much mass does the W boson have?

Posted on 20/02/2018 by Jon Butterworth

And why it matters Whenever I describe the fundamental forces to an audience that does not entirely consist of other particle physicists (happens more often that you might think), it is the weak force that causes trouble. Electromagnetism holds atoms … Continue reading →

Posted in Particle Physics, Physics, Science | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on How much mass does the W boson have?

After 40 years of studying the strong nuclear force, a revelation

Posted on 28/12/2017 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian.  

Posted in Particle Physics, Physics, Science | Tagged , | Comments Off on After 40 years of studying the strong nuclear force, a revelation