Looking inside the standard model

A tourist guide to our research on the standard model of particle physics and beyond

Tuesday, August 11, 2020

Making big plans

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 Occasionally, you have an idea, and you can do the required research within a couple of weeks. But this is the rare exception. Most researc...
Monday, July 27, 2020

What happens if gluons meet?

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We have published a new paper on how gluons interact, which is described by the strong force. In fact, how exactly one gluon interacts by ...
Tuesday, April 21, 2020

A more complicated photon

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The photon - the particle which makes up light - is probably one of the best known elementary particles. Nonetheless, everything can be mad...
Tuesday, February 18, 2020

What is a proton made of?

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We have published a new paper , which has quite a bold topic: That a proton has a bit more structure than what you usually hear about. Usu...
Thursday, January 9, 2020

A personal perspective on how capitalism hurts science

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In a number of my recent blog entries, and also occasionally on twitter , I have made statements about how bad our current late stage capita...
Tuesday, November 19, 2019

Going abroad: Yes or no?

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One topic which reemerges in many discussions online and offline is that many scientists, especially in (particle) physics, have to move aro...
Wednesday, October 30, 2019

About toxic working culture in science

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Recently, I have read this excellent article on mental health in academia . It emphasizes the consequences of a toxic working culture in aca...
Thursday, September 5, 2019

Reflection, self-criticism, and audacity as a scientist

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Today, I want to write a bit about me as a scientist, rather than about my research. It is about how I deal with our attitude towards being ...
Wednesday, August 7, 2019

Making connections

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Over time, it has happened that some solution in one area of physics could also be used in a quite different area. Or, at least, inspired th...
Thursday, July 25, 2019

Talking about the same thing

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In this blog entry I will try to explain my most recent paper . The theme of the paper is rather simply put: You should not compare apple wi...
Wednesday, June 19, 2019

Creativity in physics

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One of the most widespread misconceptions about physics, and other natural sciences, is that they are quite the opposite to art: Precise, fa...
Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Acquiring a new field

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I have recently started to look into a new field: Quantum gravity. In this entry, I would like to write a bit about how this happens, acquir...
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