quarks, spacetime, & the big bang

Memo 2013 #2: Collisions and Cross Sections

Chip Brock — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 16:54:08 +0000

Collisions The point in a circular colliding beam accelerator is to get the beam bunches to fly through one another as they pass in . . . → Read More: Memo 2013 #2: Collisions and Cross Sections

Memo 2013 #1 Accelerators

Chip Brock — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 20:52:22 +0000

What’s an “Atom Smasher”? You’ve all heard that (old-timey) phrase, “atom smasher” – I know that it’s been a part of American slang since . . . → Read More: Memo 2013 #1 Accelerators

Week of January 7th

Chip Brock — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 12:02:30 +0000

This week we’ll start the course with an overall introduction to the subject matter, the mechanics of the course, and the beginnings of the facts . . . → Read More: Week of January 7th

Welcome to ISP220!

Chip Brock — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 11:57:48 +0000

Here we go again, with an entirely different flavor to Quarks, Spacetime, and the Big Bang! The events of last summer (see the previous post . . . → Read More: Welcome to ISP220!

The July 4th Higgs excitement…just another particle?

Chip Brock — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 09:00:23 +0000

Nope. The announcement this morning (EDT) is an historic event in the history of science. The Standard Model was first written down in 1967 when . . . → Read More: The July 4th Higgs excitement…just another particle?

Three reactions like the FInal Exam Day project

Chip Brock — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 18:45:29 +0000

In lecture I did three reactions that are going to be similar to the kind of thing I’ll ask you to do on the . . . → Read More: Three reactions like the FInal Exam Day project

Memo #4: energy units

Chip Brock — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 18:02:59 +0000

There is a considerable simplification in using quantities of mass, energy and momentum once relativity is taken into account. Really. You’ll see that by . . . → Read More: Memo #4: energy units

Hilarious interview with Paul Dirac from the University of Wisconsin newspaper, April 1929

Chip Brock — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 01:56:42 +0000

ROUNDY INTERVIEWS PROFESSOR DIRAC An Enjoyable Time Is Had By All By Roundy I been hearing about a fellow they have up at the U. . . . → Read More: Hilarious interview with Paul Dirac from the University of Wisconsin newspaper, April 1929

Memo 2013 #1 Accelerators, Luminosity, and Cross Sections

Chip Brock — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:22:38 +0000

What’s an “Atom Smasher”? You’ve all heard that (old-timey) phrase, “atom smasher” – I know that it’s been a part of American slang since . . . → Read More: Memo 2013 #1 Accelerators, Luminosity, and Cross Sections

Memo #2: The Road from Here

Chip Brock — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:25:33 +0000

We’re about to reach a milestone in ISP220: we’ve pretty much finished the preparatory physics part of the course (I’ll make one last detour . . . → Read More: Memo #2: The Road from Here