Tag: axions

• Of symmetries, the strong force and Helen Quinn

  [ I am reviving the Bowler Hat Science blog as a quick way to link all my new publications. Subscribe to the feed to keep up with all my stories! ] Of symmetries, the strong force and Helen Quinn From Symmetry: Modern theoretical physicists spend much of their time examining the symmetries governing particles and…

  Matthew R. Francis

  January 28, 2015

  Symmetry Magazine

  axions, Helen Quinn, how science works, particle physics, scientists, women in science

• The dark horse of the dark matter hunt

  [ I am reviving the Bowler Hat Science blog as a quick way to link all my new publications. Subscribe to the feed to keep up with all my stories! ] The dark horse of the dark matter hunt From Symmetry Magazine: The ADMX experiment seems to be an exercise in contradictions. Dark matter, the…

  Matthew R. Francis

  January 14, 2015

  Symmetry Magazine, Writing for Other Sites

  axions, cosmology, dark matter, dark matter detectors, particle physics

• “A” is for axion

  Originally posted on Galileo's Pendulum: Wot’s all this, now? Today I begin a new feature, which I will try to update once a week: the Alphabet of Cosmology. In these entries, I’ll highlight a  concept, experiment, or observation in cosmology—the study of the history, contents, and evolution of the Universe—that may not be as…

  Matthew R. Francis

  January 26, 2013

  Galileo’s Pendulum, Writing for Other Sites

  Alphabet of Cosmology, axions, cosmology, dark matter