John Jowett

The CERN English language style guide share.google/QdO0PiONZuuU... is worth a look but maybe we should all just adopt EU English.

E. Waagaard, R. Bruce, R. Alemany Fernandez, H. Bartosik, J. M. Jowett, N. Triantafyllou: Charting the Luminosity Capabilities of the CERN Large Hadron Collider with Various Nuclear Species https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.19653 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2508.19653 https://arxiv.org/html/2508.19653

Charting the Luminosity Capabilities of the CERN Large Hadron Collider with Various Nuclear Species The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN has been instrumental in recent advances in experimental high energy physics by colliding beams of protons and heavier nuclei at unprecedented energies. The pre...

arxiv.org/abs/2508.19653

PS Control Room The good old PS Control Room, all manual. For each parameter, a knob or a button to control it; for each, a light or meter or oscilloscope to monitor it; carefully written pages serve as the data bank...

Sadly, not like the good old days. cds.cern.ch/record/40318

Synchrotron X-ray radiation damage in protein structure determination: why do we care? Structural biology relies on X-ray crystallography to provide much of the three-dimensional information on macromolecules (proteins, DNA, RNA) that informs biological function. Our research focusses o...

Don't miss this CERN Colloquium on 9 July by Prof. Elspeth Garman. "A persistent theme of this talk will be the interdisciplinarity of using nuclear physics techniques to elucidate investigations in structural biology."
If you're not at CERN, you can watch online. indico.cern.ch/event/1559458/

Le CERN transforme le plomb en or Le CERN réalise un vieux rêve d’alchimiste en transformant du plomb en or. Si cette transmutation est scientifiquement fascinante, l'or produit n'est pas exploitable. Ces données servent surtout à mie...

[Podcast] Avec Sciences | "Le CERN transforme le plomb en or" par @alexandradelbot.bsky.social avec @johnjowett.bsky.social

"Alchemy" at the LHC - video with Uliana Dmitrieva who played a key role in the analysis.

Le CERN transforme le plomb en or Le CERN réalise un vieux rêve d’alchimiste en transformant du plomb en or. Si cette transmutation est scientifiquement fascinante, l'or produit n'est pas exploitable. Ces données servent surtout à mie...

Interview avec moi sur France Culture, en émission ce matin.
Interview with me on Radio France this morning www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...

RTS Première RTS Première contribue de façon centrale au mandat de service public en offrant un programme généraliste, axé sur l'information, l'offre sociétale, culturelle « grand public », l'offre de services et ...

I'll be on Swiss radio channel RTS Première this evening (the programme Forum) from about 18:45 (Swiss time) to talk about this. If my voice holds up!
You can probably stream from www.rts.ch/rts-premiere/

RTS Première RTS Première contribue de façon centrale au mandat de service public en offrant un programme généraliste, axé sur l'information, l'offre sociétale, culturelle « grand public », l'offre de services et ...

I'll be on Swiss radio channel RTS Première this evening (the programme Forum) from about 18:45 (Swiss time). If my voice holds up!
You can probably stream from www.rts.ch/rts-premiere/

RTS Première RTS Première contribue de façon centrale au mandat de service public en offrant un programme généraliste, axé sur l'information, l'offre sociétale, culturelle « grand public », l'offre de services et ...

Je serais sur la chaine radio RTS Première, émission "Forum", ce soir, à partir de 18h45 environ. Si ma voix tient! Le sujet: www.rts.ch/info/science...

Britain’s parties cater to a voter who is, often literally, dead To understand British politics, one must understand Dead Man

New voter just dropped: Dead Man www.economist.com/britain/2025...

Please share this fact sheet on Ukraine with anyone who needs it

understandingwar.org/backgrounder...

Donald Tusk: "I am aware this is a dream: that instead of a #Brexit, we will have a #Breturn. Perhaps I am labouring under an illusion. But I'd rather be an optimist and harbour these dreams in my heart. Sometimes they come true in politics." ~AA

Every time someone plagiarizes someone else's post on social media a librarian shakes their head and sighs.

Be good and post your own words or give credit where it is due, common knowledge excepted.

I wasn't even aware of this usage but those who have adopted it would do well to read/listen to this. www.cam.ac.uk/news/manifes...

The growth of the number accelerator physics eprints at
arxiv.org

inspirehep.net/literature?s...

My profile photo is getting a bit old but sticking with it for now for the sake of recognition as I used it in other places.

Gosh, I had almost forgotten about that page (last updated in 2008 ...) and the quotes are even older but, yes, I think they remain relevant to debates about the current renaissance of AI.

Understanding the Physics of Particle Accelerators This open access book introduces readers to the physics of particle accelerators and offers computer simulations

Extraordinary new book from François Méot, truly going into depth on beam optics and particle dynamics simulations, with much that you won't find elsewhere. For serious students and practitioners (and available in open access). #acceleratorphysics #accelerators #beams #synchrotron

So, I'm here.