One More Thing About The Myth Of The Desert

In the previous post I discussed, among other things, a purely empirical observation on the mass...

False Claims In Particle Physics

I have long been of the opinion that writing about science for the public requires the writer to...

Scientists Left Behind

As the well-informed readers will realize, I am hat-tipping Hank Campbell and the catchy title...

Choosing Models By Eye

Given the use that people do of Google searches nowadays, and the rather special nature of my usual...

 Tommaso Dorigo Tommaso Dorigo is an experimental particle physicist, who works for the INFN at the University of Padova, and collaborates with the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC. He coordinates the European network... Read More » Blogroll

# Another First Observation for CDF!

May 29 2009 | comment(s)

The "new" section of experimental physics papers in the arxiv today features a preprint by the CDF collaboration, titled "First Observation of Vector Boson Pairs in a Hadronic Final State at the Tevatron Collider". This is another instance of a difficult analysis where the CDF and DZERO experiments have competed in the past, and one which is relevant for Higgs boson searches. And CDF got there first once again.

I will describe in detail the analysis and the results later today, because this particular study is dear to me for at least three different reasons:

# The Say of the Week

May 28 2009 | comment(s)

"Berlusconi in his life had about twenty wives, two of whom were his"

Roberto Benigni

# Citizen Randall

May 27 2009 | comment(s)

This afternoon Lisa Randall, one of the most famous theoretical physicists of our time, received from the hands of Flavio Zanonato, mayor of Padova, the keys of the city.

# Live Now: Supernova Hunt With the Virtual Telescope!

May 25 2009 | comment(s)

http://www.coelumstream.com/ is broadcasting live images of galaxies, to be compared with reference images in search for supernovaes. A commentary is provided in Italian and English. Join NOW!

Below is a screenshot of what is being shown now.

# Planck 2009

May 25 2009 | comment(s)

This morning the Planck 09 conference started at the Auditorium Altinate (see picture, right) in Padova. For a week, theorists and experimentalists will discuss hot topics in a variety of fields, from particle physics to cosmology, to string theory. A PDF file with the program is online.
$H \to WW \to l \nu l \nu$

# Tevatron Higgs Limits Strengthened By A New Theoretical Study

May 24 2009 | comment(s)

A new paper in the Arxiv attracted my attention this morning. It is titled "Perturbative QCD effects and the search for a $H \to WW \to l \nu l \nu$ signal at the Tevatron", and is authored by a set of quite distinguished theorists: C.Anastasiou, G.Dissertori, M.Grazzini, F.Stockli, and B.Webber.