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What? Another boring chess game?Buzz off, this is my blog, and if I feel like posting a chess game...

When The Attack Plays Itself

After a very intense day at work, I sought some relaxation in online blitz chess today. And the...

Toponium Found By CMS!

The highest-mass subnuclear particle ever observed used to the the top quark. Measured for the...

The Problem With Peer Review

In a world where misinformation, voluntary or accidental, reigns supreme; in a world where lies...

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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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Poster 1: Higgs Searches With CMS

Poster 1: Higgs Searches With CMS

Aug 29 2009 | comment(s)

Today I wish to offer you the preview of a poster which I am going to show on September 1st in Kobe, Japan, at a session of the 29th edition of the Physics in Collisions conference.
Two posters on Higgs searches with CMS coming

Two posters on Higgs searches with CMS coming

Aug 28 2009 | comment(s)

In thirty minutes I will jump on a flight to Frankfurt and from there to Kobe, Japan, where I am attending the twenty-ninth edition of the Physics in Collisions conference. No big talk in store for me this time; no Westminster central hall kind of thing, nor spotlights or interviews. I will just be presenting a poster. Well, two.
Plot Of The Week: Single Top Production Is

Plot Of The Week: Single Top Production Is "By The Book"

Aug 27 2009 | comment(s)

Today I wish to offer you the figure attached at the bottom of this article, which shows a combination of recent determinations of the rate at which the Tevatron proton-antiproton collisions produce single top quarks.
The Say of the Week

The Say of the Week

Aug 26 2009 | comment(s)

"It is not who votes that counts, but who counts the votes"
(From a sentence attributed to Josef Stalin)

With a thought to Middle Eastern elections...
The Higgs Mass ? 120 GeV, SUSY Says

The Higgs Mass ? 120 GeV, SUSY Says

Aug 24 2009 | comment(s)

Today, although fully submerged by an anomalous wave of errands which had been patiently waiting for my return at work, I heroically managed to dig out of the ArXiv a paper worth a close look.
Another Scalp - International Master Vladimir Barskij

Another Scalp - International Master Vladimir Barskij

Aug 21 2009 | comment(s)

Back from vacations, I found the usual pile of errands, tons of unattended emails, papers to review to take care of at work. I got home pretty tired tonight, and I was more than else looking for some relaxation when I logged on the Internet Chess Club for a couple of blitz chess games. Instead, I found some fulfilment by winning a short game with the black pieces. White was International Master Vladimir Barskij, Fide ELO 2419 in the current list, number 2273 in the world. Not a top chess player, but one of those I sometimes have a chance of beating.