Symmetry (Fermilab and SLAC) just published a great kids book on particle physics …
definitely on my want list now!
And we need a German version …
BYOPD @ MPP
Today I had another ‘Build Your Own Particle Detector’ event, for the first time at the Max Planck Institute for Physics in Munich. With about 50 participants to the contest and tons of chats within the seven-hour event, not a bad day ;)
All designs can be found on the BYOPD event page.
Particle music
This week yet another particle physics related song was released. American singer-songwriter Howie Day made a cover of one of his songs at CERN.
And just for completeness, I added a few other CERN related songs/classics.
Salève
Just because it’s nice …
After a long day at ATLAS week, I managed to get up to Grand Piton at Salève yesterday evening. Unfortunately a bit hazy, but still a great view and dinner spot :)
Stable collisions 2017
Yesterday, ATLAS recorded its first 2017 events during stable beams conditions and thereby marked the beginning of physics data taking for this year, as was reported on ATLAS’ web site. Looking forward to another exciting year …