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John Jowett
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Particle accelerator physicist, mainly. EU citizen from Scotland.
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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
August 28, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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/
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...
indico.cern.ch
July 4, 2025 at 11:44 AM
"Alchemy" at the LHC - video with Uliana Dmitrieva who played a key role in the analysis.
#ICYMI: alchemist status unlocked ✨

Earlier this month, the ALICE experiment announced it had detected the conversion of lead into gold at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).
May 22, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Interview avec moi sur France Culture, en émission ce matin.
Interview with me on Radio France this morning www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
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...
www.radiofrance.fr
May 19, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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 ...
www.rts.ch
May 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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...
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 ...
www.rts.ch
May 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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New voter just dropped: Dead Man www.economist.com/britain/2025...
Britain’s parties cater to a voter who is, often literally, dead
To understand British politics, one must understand Dead Man
www.economist.com
April 10, 2025 at 5:50 AM
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Please share this fact sheet on Ukraine with anyone who needs it

understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
February 23, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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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
January 17, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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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.
December 24, 2024 at 6:10 AM
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...
‘Manifest’ is Cambridge Dictionary Word of the Year | University of Cambridge
www.cam.ac.uk
December 10, 2024 at 10:31 AM
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The growth of the number accelerator physics eprints at
arxiv.org

inspirehep.net/literature?s...
December 9, 2024 at 3:21 PM
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.
December 8, 2024 at 3:15 PM
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
Understanding the Physics of Particle Accelerators
This open access book introduces readers to the physics of particle accelerators and offers computer simulations
link.springer.com
November 17, 2024 at 5:17 PM
So, I'm here.
September 24, 2024 at 12:01 PM