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Loopy Particle Math
Scientists are creating mathematical tools to identify novel particles and phenomena at the world’s largest particle accelerator
Scientific American,
2019
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Matthew von Hippel is a postdoctoral scholar at the Niels Bohr International Academy in Copenhagen. He has been working on amplitudes since he stumbled into his adviser’s office in graduate school, looking for a summer project. He has also been doing science outreach since he got into a discussion with Ars Technica’s science editor about the definition of “theory.”
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