Tag Archives: Higgs

Colliding Particles: Decay

Posted on 30/11/2012 by Jon Butterworth

Adam Davison and Ricardo Goncalo discuss the decays of the Higgs boson, with some nice archive footage from the discovery of the W boson Here, as promised, is episode nine of Mike Paterson’s “Colliding Particles“. Nothing to do with zombies, … Continue reading →

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Colliding Particles: The Dice

Posted on 23/11/2012 by Jon Butterworth

Mike Paterson made seven short films about life at the Large Hadron Collider before the Higgs. Then it all went quiet. Episode eight heralds the start of a rapid catch up. Also at the Guardian. 

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Higgs update: steady as she goes

Posted on 15/11/2012 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian.

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The Large Hadron Collider and the Higgs boson: UCL lunch hour lecture

Posted on 25/10/2012 by Jon Butterworth

UCL runs a series of public lectures at lunchtime. On Tuesday I gave one of these, about the news from the energy frontier, including the discovery on the fourth of July this year.  For the past two years, until the … Continue reading →

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