Tag Archives: LHC

Sizing up a new particle accelerator, and the ‘cosmic stupid’ limit

Posted on 22/11/2014 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian.

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Why so much excitement over the Higgs boson?

Posted on 09/10/2014 by Jon Butterworth

On 5th September I talked to Robyn Williams of ABC (Australia) The Science Show in a basement room at UCL. We covered the Higgs, the LHC, Smashing Physics, all kinds of things, and he recorded it on a very elderly … Continue reading →

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Ambulance-chasing Large Hadron Collider collisions

Posted on 17/09/2014 by Jon Butterworth

By Ben Allanach. At the Guardian.

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What does it feel like when everyone else finds the Higgs, and you don’t?

Posted on 06/09/2014 by Jon Butterworth

A short film on the ups, but mainly downs, of a difficult search. A couple of weeks ago we hosted a small-ish meeting at UCL, the sixth “Boost” workshop. I’ve written about these before and I enjoy them a lot. It was great … Continue reading →

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