Tag Archives: LHC

Birth of a new particle

Posted on 07/03/2013 by Jon Butterworth

From the switch-on of CERN’s Large Hadron Collider through rumours, hints, discovery and now increasingly precise measurements. The Higgs boson – so far – in a real data animation from ATLAS Read on at the Guardian.

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Multiparton interactions at the Large Hadron Collider

Posted on 17/02/2013 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian.

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The Earth is nearly flat, and other scientific truths

Posted on 03/01/2013 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian. See aso Chapter 6.1 of Smashing Physics.

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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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