This Halloween I had a bit of a revelation. Between all the Sarah Palin costumes and dissertations on the physics of ghosts, I realized that the W and Z bosons are brain-eating zombies; a fact which helps to understand why physicists are trying so hard to find the Higgs boson. Let me explain.
First, what are [...]
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The W and Z bosons are brain-eating zombies
Posted in Particle Physics, tagged Higgs, Zombies on November 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Atom Smashers
Posted in Science and Culture, tagged Higgs, LHC, Movies, Tevatron on September 23, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Recently I attended the opening of The Atom Smashers, a documentary by Clayton Brown and Monica Long Ross from 137 Films. It was held, appropriately, at the Museum of Science and Industry. Unfortunately, this had the effect of providing us with what is probably the smallest screen in the city of Chicago. That can easily [...]
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