Physics

This Year Easter Falls On The Correct Date According To Newton

The most probable date for Good Friday is April 3, 33 AD. This date is due to Isaac Newton. Easter is that holiday that wanders around in the calendar and which you never quite know when will take place. Some get annoyed by that, but frankly I find it cha ...

Article - Sverre Holm - Nov 3 2024 - 12:12am

Flying Drones With Particle Detectors

Nowadays we study the Universe using a number of probes and techniques. Over the course of the past 100 years we moved from barely using optical telescopes, that give us access to the flux of visible photons from galaxies, supernovae, and other objects of ...

Article - Tommaso Dorigo - Nov 7 2024 - 2:42pm

The Nobel Prize And The Role Of AI In Scientific Advancement

The 2024 Nobel Prize for Physics was awarded to John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton, who many have called “the godfather of AI”. The award seems apt for the time we are in. ...

Article - Mark Pierce - Nov 11 2024 - 11:37pm

Putting Einstein To The Test With LISA. A Space Based Gravitational Wave Telescope

T he recent video, "How LISA Will Listen to the Symphony of the Universe," provides a compelling insight into the future of gravitational wave astronomy—a field poised to fundamentally reshape our understanding of the cosmos. The Laser Interfero ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Nov 27 2024 - 3:51am

K0 Regeneration

Last week I got to the part of my course in Subnuclear Physics for Statisticians (yes, there is such a course at the Department of Statistical Sciences in Padova, and I have been giving it since its inception 6 years ago!) where I discuss CP violation in t ...

Article - Tommaso Dorigo - Nov 29 2024 - 4:08pm

Tracking Particles With Neuromorphic Computing

At the IV Workshop in Valencia a student from my group, Emanuele Coradin, presented the results of a novel algorithm for the identification of charged particles in a silicon tracker. The novelty is due to the use of neuromorphic computing, which works by e ...

Article - Tommaso Dorigo - Dec 3 2024 - 11:35am

Twenty Years Blogging

Twenty years ago today I got access for the first time to the interface that allowed me to publish blog posts for the Quantum Diaries web site, a science outreach endeavor that involved some 12 (then 15, then 25 or so IIRC) researchers around the world. A ...

Article - Tommaso Dorigo - Dec 24 2024 - 4:55am

The Buried Lottery

As part of my self-celebrations for having survived 20 years of blogging (the anniversary was a few days ago, see my previous post), I am re-posting a few representative, old articles I wrote in my column over the years. The selection will not be represen ...

Article - Tommaso Dorigo - Dec 26 2024 - 2:13pm

Why Measure The Top Quark Production Cross Section?

As part of my self-celebrations for XX years of blogging activities, I am reposting here (very) old articles I wrote over the years on topics ranging from Physics to Chess to anything in between. The post I am recycling today is one that describes for lay ...

Article - Tommaso Dorigo - Dec 31 2024 - 1:31pm

The Multi-Muon Analysis- A Recollection

As part of the celebrations for 20 years of blogging, I am re-posting articles that in some way were notable for the history of the blog. This time I want to (re)-submit to you four pieces I wrote to explain the unexplainable: the very complicated analysis ...

Article - Tommaso Dorigo - Feb 2 2025 - 9:51am