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Tag Archives: Neutrinos
See-saws, recycling and the W mass
Earlier this year the CDF collaboration published a measurement of the mass of the W boson which caused something of a stir. I even made it the topic of my slot at the rescheduled “Nine lessons for Curious People” in … Continue reading
Posted in Particle Physics, Physics, Science
Tagged ATLAS, contur, Cosmic Shambles, LHC, MCnet, Neutrinos, Tevatron
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Cease using the phrase “Standard Model” for a theory we know to be incorrect.
Things James Wells writes are usually worth reading, and this is no exception. Highly recommended to anyone (like me) who is thinking a lot about the current state, and future, of particle physics. Or who is just interested in how … Continue reading
Posted in History, Particle Physics, Philosophy, Physics, Science
Tagged ESPP, James Wells, Neutrinos, Standard Model
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Summer Highlights
One of the highlights of my summer was giving the “Highlights” talk at the end of the European Physical Society’s High Energy Physics meeting in Ghent. I wrote something about it here and here already, but today my write up of … Continue reading
Posted in Astrophysics, Particle Physics, Physics, Science, Travel
Tagged arXiv, CMS, cricket, dark matter, EPSHEP, Europe, Flavour, Ghent, gravitational waves, heavy ions, LHC, LHCb, Neutrinos, open data
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Neutrino Endpoint
There is something very elegant about the KATRIN (Karlsruhe Tritium Neutrino) experiment. At the Cosmic Shambles Network.
Posted in Particle Physics, Physics, Science
Tagged Cosmic Shambles, KATRIN, Neutrinos, Wolfgang Pauli
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