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Wellcome to Physics

Posted on 23/05/2010 by Jon Butterworth

See also Chapter 2.3 of Smashing Physics. A couple of days ago I took part in a “packed lunch” discussion at the Wellcome Exhibition, about CERN, the LHC, and my work at UCL. A lot of fun. I turned up with … Continue reading →

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Minimum Bias 1.5

Posted on 21/04/2010 by Jon Butterworth

A quick post to explain something about this, the first ATLAS physics results from LHC collisions at 7000 GeV. The measurement is a repeat of the ATLAS minimum bias measurement at 900 GeV, except these protons hit each other at … Continue reading →

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This is Not a Drill

Posted on 18/04/2010 by Jon Butterworth

See also Chapter 3.2 of Smashing Physics. I haven’t been paying as much attention as I should to science policy in the election. Guilty, will re-engage. I have a good excuse, of course. Even after STFC cuts we’re still members … Continue reading →

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Frog Chorus

Posted on 03/04/2010 by Jon Butterworth

See also Chapter 3.6 of Smashing Physics. Last week, on the day we got our first 7 TeV collisions at the Large Hadron Collider, quite by chance we also had the conference dinner of the annual meeting of the Institute … Continue reading →

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