Tag Archives: LHC

Should we change the Higgs boson’s name?

Posted on 28/04/2013 by Jon Butterworth

I wrote this piece on the blog about Higgs boson naming, and was then asked to write something for g2. This appeared on the web here (not in the usual Life & Physics slot, hence this post so I can … Continue reading →

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Searching for supersymmetry: some frustration but no despair

Posted on 14/03/2013 by Jon Butterworth

By Michael Krämer, at the Guardian.

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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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