On the plane back to the US, I put together a couple of answers to very basic questions about particle physics that I often get from friends and acquaintances who know little or nothing about the subject. I hope you find them interesting!
Note also: my previous post repeated a misquote of the CERN director general (thank you readers.) This is now corrected — though the post’s main content is not changed, just clarified a bit.
ON July 27, 2011
Taking advantage of our day and a half off from physics talks in Grenoble, I’ve written the answers to some questions that are often asked (or should be asked) about the Higgs particle. I had planned to do a very careful job of explaining what the Higgs particle is all about — and eventually I will — but it seems as though doing something quick would be a good idea, given that the search for the Higgs particle has leapt into the news again and there’s a lot of interest in it right now. So here you go; the Higgs FAQ. I hope this is useful to you!
ON July 24, 2011
I’ve taken some old posts on the Large Hadron Collider that I’ve written and brought them over to the new website. Check them out here.
ON June 29, 2011
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