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The Strange Case Of The Monotonous Running Average

These days I am putting the finishing touches on a hybrid algorithm that optimizes a system (a...

Turning 60

Strange how time goes by. And strange I would say that, since I know time does not flow, it is...

On The Illusion Of Time And The Strange Economy Of Existence

I recently listened again to Richard Feynman explaining why the flowing of time is probably an...

RIP - Hans Jensen

Today I was saddened to hear of the passing of Hans Jensen, a physicist and former colleague in...

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Tommaso Dorigo is an experimental particle physicist, who works for the INFN at the University of Padova, and collaborates with the CMS and the SWGO experiments. He is the president of the Read More »

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CPT and MINOS

CPT and MINOS

Mar 05 2011 | comment(s)

Just a very short post here to mention Marni Dee Sheppeard's guest post in the brand new NEUTEL blog, the blog of the Neutrino Telescopes 2011 conference, which will be held in Venice from March 15th to March 18th, in the beautiful setting of Palazzo Franchetti, on the Grand Canal. Marni discusses the connection between MINOS results and CPT violation.
My Four Sketches Put To Good Use

My Four Sketches Put To Good Use

Mar 03 2011 | comment(s)

In a recent post I mentioned here that for the first of two feature articles I wrote for Physics World, and which just appeared in this month's issue (the first piece is actually available online here), I had hand-drawn four sketches that described visually the four main steps of a data analysis looking for new physics.
New Tight SUSY Exclusion From ATLAS

New Tight SUSY Exclusion From ATLAS

Mar 03 2011 | comment(s)

The results of a new Supersymmetry search have been released a few days ago by the ATLAS collaboration. They come from an analysis of events with large missing transverse energy and jets -the most classical signature of SUSY at hadron colliders, as well as the most sensitive one in a wide range of the complicated space of SUSY parameters.
NEUTEL Has A Blog!

NEUTEL Has A Blog!

Mar 03 2011 | comment(s)

From March 15th to March 18th I will be following the NEUTEL 11 conference, which conveniently (for yours truly!) takes place in Venice, in the magnificent setting of Palazzo Franchetti (see picture below).

NEUTEL (first bulletin here) deals with results in particle physics and astrophysics produced by, or in connection to, neutrino telescope experiments; the most recent advances in the theory of neutrinos, astrophysics, and cosmology will also be discussed by eminent theorists.
On The Road To Discovery

On The Road To Discovery

Mar 01 2011 | comment(s)

Just appeared on Physics World online: the first of my two feature articles on LHC physics in 2011, which are being published in this month's issue.
Ben Allanach: Impact Of The CMS Supersymmetry Search On Global Supersymmetric Fits

Ben Allanach: Impact Of The CMS Supersymmetry Search On Global Supersymmetric Fits

Feb 23 2011 | comment(s)

Ben Allanach is a professor of theoretical physics at the University of Cambridge. Before that he was a post-doc at LAPP (Annecy, France), CERN (Geneva, Switzerland), Cambridge (UK) and the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (UK). I noticed a recent article of his in the arxiv, and asked him to report on it here, given the interest that the recent LHC results have stirred in the community. He graciously agreed.... So let us hear it from him! 

Blimey, I'm tired. I'm also elated and excited and grateful to my lovely girlfriend, who's not only putting up with my long hours, distracted head and general ensuing grumpiness, she's even looking after me.