Tag Archives: Higgs

Is the Standard Model isolated?

Posted on 12/03/2017 by Jon Butterworth

The Large Hadron Collider at CERN revealed the Higgs boson in 2012, but has led to no comparable discovery since. It is worth asking what we hope to learn from the new data coming soon – and indeed from any … Continue reading →

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How to hide a ‘fifth force’ – and how to find one

Posted on 04/12/2016 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian.

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Think of the universe as a skateboard park: Supernovas and sphalerons

Posted on 08/11/2016 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian.

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Could the Higgs boson have been discovered by accident?

Posted on 18/09/2016 by Jon Butterworth

We have a tendency to oversimplify complicated issues. Sometimes this gives useful clarity, but more frequently it gives a distorted impression of what I am stubborn enough to call the truth. Clarity can be seductive, but is disastrously misleading if it … Continue reading →

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