Tag Archives: Higgs

Leptons Four the Win

Posted on 03/03/2021 by Jon Butterworth

This was a labour of love… (arXiv)

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Vector-like Quarks

Posted on 15/06/2020 by Jon Butterworth

My colleagues and I have a new paper on the arXiv today on New sensitivity of current LHC measurements to vector-like quarks. Vector-like quarks are hypothetical  particles that appear in some extensions of the Standard Model. Such extensions are continually being … Continue reading →

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URL right

Posted on 26/04/2020 by Jon Butterworth

I changed the title of my previous post, because I was worried it would mislead people, or at best look like a crap pun. It was originally called “A boost in testing times”. The potentially misleading — and entirely unintentional … Continue reading →

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A boost in trying times

Posted on 25/04/2020 by Jon Butterworth

My first ever blog post was about measuring the Higgs boson when it is produced with very high momentum and decays to b-quarks. When that happens, all the decay products of the Higgs appear in a single “jet” of particles. … Continue reading →

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