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The Tevatron goes bump

Posted on 09/04/2011 by

At the Guardian

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Tevatron: end of an amazing era

Posted on 10/01/2011 by

Posted on The Guardian, 10/1/2011.

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Don’t wear your colours here..

Posted on 20/11/2010 by

I’ve spent the last 48 hours enthralled by the goings on at the Argonne “Analysis Jamboree”. I’m not really much of a one for these things… my more senior colleagues doze and my more junior colleagues tap loudly on their … Continue reading →

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Doing it for the thrill

Posted on 15/10/2010 by

This week I have been trying in vain to garner an interest in frequentist confidence levels. To be honest, I’m doing it (high energy physics) for the thrill. We just got two picobarns of data in a day, which has … Continue reading →

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Black holes and falling objects

Posted on 29/09/2010 by

I was driving into Argonne with a colleague yesterday morning and he was telling me about the experiment (E687) that he worked on when he was a graduate student. It caught fire and burnt down. The reason for the fire … Continue reading →

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Notes from Chicago II

Posted on 13/09/2010 by

We’ve been in ChicagoLand for three weeks tomorrow. Haven’t made any huge contribution to the Argonne national laboratory physics program yet, but have worked out which cafeteria queue to get in to get the tall blonde lady who charges you … Continue reading →

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Notes from Chicago

Posted on 30/08/2010 by

Now at The Guardian. I am Lily, a new postdoc at Argonne National Lab.  I’m the one who thinks she can find the Higgs boson by listening to it. Thanks Jon for letting me play on your blog. I moved … Continue reading →

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