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Chromodynamics: Gluons are just gonzo
One of the more fascinating bits of high-energy physics is the branch of physics called quantum chromodynamics (QCD). Don’t let the big name throw you off: it deals with a bunch of elementary particles that have a property called colour … Continue reading
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Tagged Electromagnetism, gluons, Hunter S. Thompson, Large Hadron Collider, particle physics, quantum chromodynamics, quarks, Richard Feynman, strong nuclear force
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A gear-train for particle physics
Clockwork theory has been revived and reformulated by scientists from CERN to solve a difficult problem at the heart of particle physics. Continue reading
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Tagged Ben Allanach, CERN, clockwork theory, diphoton channel, Gian Giudice, grand unification, Higgs boson, Large Hadron Collider, Matthew McCullough, Maxwell's equations, naturalness problem, particle physics, Planck scale, Rencontres de Moriond, supersymmetry
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Some notes and updates
Four years of the Higgs boson, live-tweeting and timezones, new music, and quickly reviewing an Erikson book. Continue reading
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Tagged 750 GeV particle, Albert Kuvezin, CERN, Fall of Light, fantasy fiction, Higgs boson, Huun Huur Tu, Large Hadron Collider, live-tweeting, Steven Erikson, throat-singing, timezones, UTC, Yat-kha
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Prospects for suspected new fundamental particle improve marginally
Although the data’s statistical significance isn’t as good as it would have to be for there to be a new ‘champagne bottle boson’ moment, it’s encouraging that the data itself isn’t vanishing. Continue reading
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Tagged ATLAS detector, CMS detector, digamma resonance, diphoton events, Higgs boson, Large Hadron Collider, Standard Model of particle physics, statistical significance
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Ways of seeing
A lot of the physics of 2015 was about how the ways in which we study the natural world had been improved or were improving. Continue reading
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Tagged ASTROSAT, cryo-electron microscopy, Foldscope, Hubble Space Telescope, James Webb Space Telescope, Large Hadron Collider, Major Atmospheric Cherenkov Experiment, SESAME, Thirty Meter Telescope, Udaipur Solar Observatory
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New LHC data has more of the same but could something be in the offing?
Run 2 results from the LHC show that QCD is scale-invariant – in keeping with the Standard Model prediction. Continue reading
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All goes well on LHC 2.0’s first day back in action
It finally happened! The particle-smasher known as the Large Hadron Collider is back online after more than two years, during which its various components were upgraded to make it even meaner. A team of scientists and engineers gathered at the … Continue reading
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Tagged ALICE, ATLAS, CMS, Large Hadron Collider, LHCb, particle physics, Restart LHC, Super Proton Synchrotron
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The Large Hadron Collider is back online, ready to shift from the “what” of reality to “why”
The world’s single largest science experiment will restart on March 23 after a two-year break. Scientists and administrators at the European Organization for Nuclear Research – known by its French acronym CERN – have announced the status of the agency’s upgrades on its Large … Continue reading
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Tagged accelerator complex, antimatter, CERN, dark matter, extra dimensions, Francois Englert, Higgs boson, high-energy physics, Large Hadron Collider, magnetic quenching, particle accelerators, particle physics, supersymmetry
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