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The Higgs Boson and the Standard Model of Particle Physics
A couple of weeks ago I had fun doing a podcast with Robinson Erhardt where we discussed the above and a few other things. Hopefully it will give you some insights into particle physics and how we do it, as … Continue reading
Posted in Particle Physics, Physics, Science
Tagged Higgs, LHC, Robinson Erhardt, Standard Model, video
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Composite Dark Matter, for example
Yesterday I had a brief chat with Faculti about a paper I wrote with some collaborators last year. In the paper, we were looking at what collider data (specifically from the Large Hadron Collider) could tell us about a relatively-little-studied … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Particle Physics, Philosophy, Physics, Science
Tagged contur, dark matter, faculti, LHC, video
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See-saws, recycling and the W mass
Earlier this year the CDF collaboration published a measurement of the mass of the W boson which caused something of a stir. I even made it the topic of my slot at the rescheduled “Nine lessons for Curious People” in … Continue reading
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Tagged ATLAS, contur, Cosmic Shambles, LHC, MCnet, Neutrinos, Tevatron
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The importance of measurements
Having been pretty much bedridden with Covid for most of the week, I am now feeling much better. I still have those two lines on the thingy though, so today have added a cricket match to the list of missed … Continue reading