The big name hunters

Kudos to The Virus Hunters

To The Editor: On 6th October the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden announced The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 2008, and virologists all over the world had a lot to cheer about. Three “virus hunters” who worked with two different viruses brought honour to virology. Harald zur Hausen for his discovery of "human papilloma viruses (HPV) causing cervical cancer”...

Inquiring Rock Hunters

The Inquiring Rock Hunters project is an example of Citizen Inquiry. Adult citizens designed and ran their own investigations in geology, through the online platform called nQuire, while collaborating with scientists. Analysis of the investigations shows patterns of collaboration and mentoring between novice, intermediate and expert geologists, however further work is needed to create a self-su...

Throne Name in the Achaemenid period

The Achaemenid kings after Darius I elected Darius, Xerxes, and Artaxerxes as their throne name, when they were nominating or substituting for succession. Each of these kings has chosen one of these names according to what happen for they before they reached the king's throne, how to achieve the throne and based on their design and program. These names are not personal and real names, but they ...

Hunters of Nemrik

LHC Phenomenology for Physics Hunters

Welcome to a first set of notes for my 2008 TASI lectures on the exciting topic of ‘tools and technicalities’ (original title). Technically, LHC physics is really all about perturbative QCD, no matter if you are looking at signals or at backgrounds. When we try to look for interesting signatures at the LHC we instantly get killed by QCD. Therefore, I will mostly discuss QCD issues which arise f...