Tag Archives: Smashing Physics

Whizz for anti-atoms!

Posted on 09/03/2012 by Jon Butterworth

The field of anti-matter spectroscopy began this week At the Guardian. See also Chapter 7.3 of Smashing Physics. Talking to people who have seen or read “Angels and Demons” by Dan Brown, which features CERN quite heavily, they expect to be disabused. … Continue reading →

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Gaming the system? Neutrinos, theorists and citations

Posted on 25/02/2012 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian. See also Chapter 7.1 of Smashing Physics.

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Increased energy in the LHC, and why we can’t make use of it all

Posted on 17/02/2012 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian. See also Chapter 7.1 of Smashing Physics.

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Higgs boson in massless-particle coupling shock, and other stories

Posted on 16/12/2011 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian. See also Chapter 6.4 of Smashing Physics.

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