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A day of xenon collisions at CERN

Posted on 15/10/2017 by Jon Butterworth

On Friday, the Large Hadron Collider at CERN had a day of smashing xenon nuclei together, a departure from its usual diet of protons or lead At the Guardian.

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Newly discovered particles, and what’s in them

Posted on 20/08/2017 by Jon Butterworth

Quarks, basically. But more charming than usual At the Guardian.

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Straws in the LHC wind: Lepton universality and an update on “that bump”

Posted on 14/09/2015 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian.

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What does a pentaquark mean to you?

Posted on 18/07/2015 by Jon Butterworth

Almost – but not quite – buried on the icy plains of Pluto this week, the Large Hadron Collider revealed a completely new type of particle. What does that tell us? At the Guardian.

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