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Vector boson fusion?

Posted on 01/02/2014 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian.

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Even the most boring collisions at the Large Hadron Collider tell us something – this time about cosmic rays

Posted on 26/01/2014 by Jon Butterworth

At the CERN Large Hadron Collider we spend a lot of time and effort trying to filter out the common collisions, so we can focus on the rare events. But even the supposedly dull stuff is helping to resolve some … Continue reading →

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Prompt Photons

Posted on 07/11/2013 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian.

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The Higgs Boson: A Discovery

Posted on 04/09/2013 by Jon Butterworth

An article on the Higgs discovery in the New Scientist. I also wrote their 35th “Instant Expert” on the Higgs, around the same time. This was later adapted by them to be part of their book “Why the Universe Exists“.

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