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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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Get Ready To Diphoton Mass Spectra For Today's CERN Jamboree!

Get Ready To Diphoton Mass Spectra For Today's CERN Jamboree!

Dec 15 2015 | comment(s)

As most of you already know, today at 3PM two back-to-back talks by Jim Olsen (CMS) and Marumi Kado (ATLAS) at CERN will disclose the latest results of physics analyses performed on 13 TeV proton-proton collisions recorded this year by the two experiments. (To follow the talks see here).

The New Discoveries You Won't Hear About At Tomorrow's CERN Jamboree

The New Discoveries You Won't Hear About At Tomorrow's CERN Jamboree

Dec 14 2015 | comment(s)

Tomorrow at 2PM two back-to-back talks by Jim Olsen and Marumi Kado at CERN will disclose the newest results of the CMS and ATLAS experiments, which will be based on the analysis of 2.5 to 4 inverse femtobarns of 13 TeV proton-proton collisions acquired by the experiments this year.
Why should you be interested ? Of course, because the year could end with a boom! Maybe the experiments have found evidence for something totally unexpected in their data. After all, 13 TeV is 63% more energy than 8 TeV. 
Interna

Interna

Dec 10 2015 | comment(s)

As I am sure happens with many other human occupations, the job of a particle physicist proceeds in bursts of activity interspersed with periods of more relative calm. Deadlines must be met, and sometimes several of them overlap. The life of a physicist can get miserable for short periods of time, but after those end one usually looks back with satisfaction at the accomplishments.
The Graph Of The Week: Dijet Bump Hunt By ATLAS

The Graph Of The Week: Dijet Bump Hunt By ATLAS

Dec 07 2015 | comment(s)

This week's graph is a reminder that particle physicists are, deep in their bones, bump hunters. Sure, some of my colleagues could best be described as detector builders; others as software wizards; still others as statistical gurus. But what excites us the most is to go hunting for a bump in a mass histogram. 
CERN And LIP Openings For Graduate Students In Physics - Good $$$

CERN And LIP Openings For Graduate Students In Physics - Good $$$

Nov 30 2015 | comment(s)

Have you recently obtained a Masters degree in a scientific discipline ? Are you fascinated by particle physics ? Do you have an interest in Machine Learning developments, artificial intelligence, and all that ? Or are you just well versed in Statistical Analysis ? Do you want to be paid twice as much as I am for attending a PhD ? If the above applies to you, you are certainly advised to read on. 
Single Top Production At The LHC

Single Top Production At The LHC

Nov 27 2015 | comment(s)

As an editor of the new Elsevier journal "Reviews in Physics" I am quite proud to see that the first submissions of review articles are reaching publication stage. Four such articles are going to be published in the course of the next couple of months, and more are due shortly thereafter.