Tag Archives: LHC

Minimum Bias

Posted on 22/03/2010 by Jon Butterworth

[29/3/2010 An article based on this, benefiting from Ian Sample’s excellent editorial help, went on the Guardian site. See also Chapter 2.2 of Smashing Physics.] As of Friday morning, the LHC is accelerating protons to an energy three-and-a-half times higher … Continue reading →

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Mountain Physics

Posted on 09/03/2010 by Jon Butterworth

Wahay! I finally posted the proceedings of the Les Houches Workshop on Physics at TeV colliders and they appeared on the arXiv today. ArXiv (pronounced archive) is the standard repository for particle physics papers and lots of of other science. … Continue reading →

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Hamburg Daze

Posted on 20/02/2010 by Jon Butterworth

12/3/2010 Now available at GeekPop 2010 (see below) A few days ago Martin White of Roadside Poppies submitted a song called “Ausgabe Drei” to the GeekPop festival. It was recorded on 13th Jan this year in his bedroom in Ferney … Continue reading →

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Safety First?

Posted on 06/01/2010 by Jon Butterworth

The risks of not doing. Continue reading →

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