Patrick Koppenburg 🐧
@koppenburg.ch
Nikhef physicist at LHCb Experiment at CERN. Exotic Hadrons, European strategy for particle physics, Sustainable Accelerators. Chair of CERN users committee ACCU.
🐧📷🎓💻💫.
Born at 327.55 ppm CO₂. Président du PVL La Côte. 🟢🔵
🐧📷🎓💻💫.
Born at 327.55 ppm CO₂. Président du PVL La Côte. 🟢🔵
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Patrick Koppenburg 🐧
@koppenburg.ch
· Oct 17
Hello to those who found me here. I am a particle physicist at CERN working on the @lhcb.bsky.social experiment and on future accelerators. In particular I worry about sustainability.
I'm also chairing the advisory committee of the 12000 CERN users.
I'm also chairing the advisory committee of the 12000 CERN users.
I confirm.
November 11, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I confirm.
Reposted by Patrick Koppenburg 🐧
Ooooops indeed.
Oops. Ooooooooooooops.
I do hope that nobody has been given or denied a job/promotion based on their SpringerNature citation counts in the past 15 years.
arxiv.org/pdf/2511.01675
h/t @nathlarigaldie.bsky.social
I do hope that nobody has been given or denied a job/promotion based on their SpringerNature citation counts in the past 15 years.
arxiv.org/pdf/2511.01675
h/t @nathlarigaldie.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Ooooops indeed.
I did not expect orthopaedics to appear on hep-ex 😅
November 10, 2025 at 7:55 AM
I did not expect orthopaedics to appear on hep-ex 😅
I heard the russian version of this joke two days ago. @zachweinersmith.bsky.social must be spying on my conversations. I see no other explanation.
November 8, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I heard the russian version of this joke two days ago. @zachweinersmith.bsky.social must be spying on my conversations. I see no other explanation.
On this day 50 years ago, John Ellis, Mary K. Gaillard and Dimitri Nanopoulos submitted the paper "A Phenomenological Profile of the Higgs Boson" which was first to tell experimentalists how to find the Higgs boson.
#OTD #historyofphysics #physics ⚛️🧪
#OTD #historyofphysics #physics ⚛️🧪
November 7, 2025 at 8:42 AM
On this day 50 years ago, John Ellis, Mary K. Gaillard and Dimitri Nanopoulos submitted the paper "A Phenomenological Profile of the Higgs Boson" which was first to tell experimentalists how to find the Higgs boson.
#OTD #historyofphysics #physics ⚛️🧪
#OTD #historyofphysics #physics ⚛️🧪
How much are you willing to pay to deserve being called 'clueless monkey' by the owner of the network ?
November 6, 2025 at 2:14 PM
How much are you willing to pay to deserve being called 'clueless monkey' by the owner of the network ?
November 6, 2025 at 6:38 AM
LHCb rocking kaon physics again.
Search for K⁰→π⁺π⁻μ⁺μ⁻ decays at LHCb arxiv.org/abs/2511.02619 - Upper limits are set for the first time on the branching fractions B(K⁰s→π⁺π⁻μ⁺μ⁻)<1.4×10⁻⁹ and B(K⁰L→π⁺π⁻μ⁺μ⁻)<6.6×10⁻⁷, at the 90% confidence level.
November 5, 2025 at 8:46 AM
LHCb rocking kaon physics again.
Great news for the LHC experiments, and more generally for faster detectors www.nikhef.nl/en/news/nwo-...
www.nikhef.nl
November 3, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Great news for the LHC experiments, and more generally for faster detectors www.nikhef.nl/en/news/nwo-...
Reposted by Patrick Koppenburg 🐧
Mark Thomson, the next Director General @cern.bsky.social talked about collider physics at CERN and right now, Robbert Dijkgraaf is taking us through the future of European Science #nikhef50
October 30, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Mark Thomson, the next Director General @cern.bsky.social talked about collider physics at CERN and right now, Robbert Dijkgraaf is taking us through the future of European Science #nikhef50
Still life with moka pot.
My picture, AI enhanced.
My picture, AI enhanced.
October 30, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Still life with moka pot.
My picture, AI enhanced.
My picture, AI enhanced.
October 29, 2025 at 1:30 PM
🧐 There is a direct link from #grokipedia to my website, but accessed in 2021.
October 28, 2025 at 11:40 AM
🧐 There is a direct link from #grokipedia to my website, but accessed in 2021.
🎵 Snow on the Jura 🎵🎸
October 28, 2025 at 7:13 AM
🎵 Snow on the Jura 🎵🎸
On trouve de ces trucs quand on range un peu. @itspetergabriel.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 8:04 PM
On trouve de ces trucs quand on range un peu. @itspetergabriel.bsky.social
🤔 CMS also measure R(J/ψ) on the high side. That's the ratio of Bc⁺→J/ψτν to
Bc⁺→J/ψμν. LHCb saw an excess compared to the Standard Model, now CMS has it too.
arxiv.org/pdf/2510.21559
Bc⁺→J/ψμν. LHCb saw an excess compared to the Standard Model, now CMS has it too.
arxiv.org/pdf/2510.21559
October 27, 2025 at 7:09 AM
🤔 CMS also measure R(J/ψ) on the high side. That's the ratio of Bc⁺→J/ψτν to
Bc⁺→J/ψμν. LHCb saw an excess compared to the Standard Model, now CMS has it too.
arxiv.org/pdf/2510.21559
Bc⁺→J/ψμν. LHCb saw an excess compared to the Standard Model, now CMS has it too.
arxiv.org/pdf/2510.21559
If football players were ranked like scientists, based on statistical data, this would be the ideal premier league team. No keeper, no defender.
October 27, 2025 at 6:22 AM
If football players were ranked like scientists, based on statistical data, this would be the ideal premier league team. No keeper, no defender.
Finally the rumours become public: The CEPC Chinese collider project is on hold.
cerncourier.com/a/cepc-matur...
cerncourier.com/a/cepc-matur...
October 26, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Finally the rumours become public: The CEPC Chinese collider project is on hold.
cerncourier.com/a/cepc-matur...
cerncourier.com/a/cepc-matur...
135 à 0 pour le service citoyen. @pvlfr.bsky.social
October 25, 2025 at 10:09 AM
135 à 0 pour le service citoyen. @pvlfr.bsky.social
Assemblée des délégués @pvlfr.bsky.social @grunliberale.bsky.social à Delémont.
Merci à @pvljura.bsky.social pour l'accueil.
Merci à @pvljura.bsky.social pour l'accueil.
October 25, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Assemblée des délégués @pvlfr.bsky.social @grunliberale.bsky.social à Delémont.
Merci à @pvljura.bsky.social pour l'accueil.
Merci à @pvljura.bsky.social pour l'accueil.
Reposted by Patrick Koppenburg 🐧
The future of solar power is bright, finds @tinymaddie.bsky.social
*Solar panels are cheap, and getting cheaper
*Batteries are good, and getting better
*Economic case for solar will overwhelm political apathy
In short, we're going to run the world on sunshine
www.newscientist.com/article/2500...
*Solar panels are cheap, and getting cheaper
*Batteries are good, and getting better
*Economic case for solar will overwhelm political apathy
In short, we're going to run the world on sunshine
www.newscientist.com/article/2500...
Solar energy is going to power the world much sooner than you think
Solar electricity is growing rapidly, but can it really dominate the global energy system? Here is what it will take for us to power the planet on sunshine
www.newscientist.com
October 23, 2025 at 11:08 AM
The future of solar power is bright, finds @tinymaddie.bsky.social
*Solar panels are cheap, and getting cheaper
*Batteries are good, and getting better
*Economic case for solar will overwhelm political apathy
In short, we're going to run the world on sunshine
www.newscientist.com/article/2500...
*Solar panels are cheap, and getting cheaper
*Batteries are good, and getting better
*Economic case for solar will overwhelm political apathy
In short, we're going to run the world on sunshine
www.newscientist.com/article/2500...
It's mole day! 🧪
A mole of moles weigh a little less than the moon. Now you know it. #MoleDay
October 23, 2025 at 5:24 PM
It's mole day! 🧪
Welcome to @CERN, Ireland.
October 22, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Welcome to @CERN, Ireland.