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Created: 13th May 2001

Mammuthus Primigenius

Hello...

This page is rather dull, read one of these instead.

Baby Sex Selection	...if you have always wanted a boy...or if you long for a little girl...
The Higgs Boson	...referred to as the 'holy grail of particle physics' or the 'God particle'...
The Standard Model of Particle Physics	...the best theory currently available to answer the question 'What is the world made of?'...
The Hubble Space Telescope	...for astronomers probably the most important space probe ever launched...
DNA Fingerprinting	...identifies the DNA from a certain individual to track down criminals, test the parentage of children, and to follow the evolution of species...
Radiocarbon Dating	...the single most useful dating technique available to archaeologists...
Gran Sasso, Italy	...a mountain range, a national park, and a particle physics laboratory...
Symmetry and CP violation	...there is a small difference between matter and antimatter...
Adaptive Optics and Laser Stars	...technology developed during the Cold War to search for satellites, now used by astronomers to image distant stars and galaxies, and could soon allow surgeons to examine the retina of a human eye...
Antimatter	...ordinary matter is made from atoms, which are made from nucleons, made from quarks, antimatter is made from antiatoms, made from antinucleons, made from antiquarks...
Dark Matter	...one of the biggest problems in contemporary physics, astronomy, and cosmology...

I live in Oxford. I work in dark matter research. I write entries on any areas of science that catch my attention.

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Mammuthus Primigenius
Last posted: Mar 29, 2009

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173551

Referenced Entries:

Dark Matter

Symmetry and CP Violation

Antimatter

Adaptive Optics and Laser Stars

Gran Sasso, Italy

The Hubble Space Telescope

Radiocarbon Dating

DNA Fingerprinting

The Standard Model of Particle Physics

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(The Return of) What book are you reading at this time?	h2g2	Mar 31, 2003	2 Weeks Ago
coriolis force: incorrect footnote	h2g2	No Posting	Oct 6, 2009
Why is gravity a force rather than just a distortion?	h2g2	No Posting	Aug 1, 2009
EF - A588224 - Dark Matter	h2g2	Mar 29, 2009	No replies
H2G2 A/S	h2g2	No Posting	Feb 3, 2009
Pulse Jets	h2g2	No Posting	Dec 3, 2008
Curated 5 March 08	h2g2	No Posting	Aug 15, 2008
Large Hadron colider	h2g2	No Posting	Jun 11, 2008
The best line in any James Bond movie ever...	h2g2	No Posting	Jan 6, 2008
Reality in 2005	h2g2	No Posting	Dec 29, 2007



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H2G2 A/S		Feb 3, 2009
Dark energy		May 21, 2006
Which college were/ are you at?		May 8, 2002
Grrrrrrrrrrr................		Dec 17, 2001
Requesting expert input...		Nov 5, 2001
Teeth		Oct 25, 2001
C14 Entry		Oct 25, 2001
Radiocarbon Dating		Oct 14, 2001
h2g2as		Aug 29, 2001
Pesky editorial questions		Aug 28, 2001


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Mammoths
Oct 4, 2002

I noticed today that a google search for 'mammuthus primigenius' lists this page as number 1! Sorry to anyone who came here looking for information on elephantidae. Maybe I will write an entry on the beasts some day.

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WIMP Hunting
Sep 15, 2001

Anyone following my entries will have probably learnt that I hunt for WIMPs for a living. This is a strange profession involving spending time in underground laboratories, trying to get unreliable equipment to work.
WIMP hunting involves counting the number of events in a particle detector, subtracting the background level, and looking at the result. If it's finite, either you've found some WIMPs, or you underestimated the background. You never know if a single count was caused by a WIMP, or something else.
I haven't found any yet.

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ID	TITLE	COMMUNITY	STATUS	CREATED

A49190682	Dark Matter	h2g2	-	Mar 28, 2009
A851429	The Higgs Boson	h2g2	Edited	Mar 14, 2003
A939918	Baby Sex Selection	h2g2	Edited	Feb 4, 2003
A865208	Baby Sex Selection	h2g2	-	Nov 2, 2002
A765957	Citybreaks	h2g2	Edited	Sep 27, 2002
A695405	Alcohol Abuse	h2g2	Edited	May 31, 2002
A695351	Public Transport Etiquette	h2g2	Edited	May 3, 2002
A666173	The Standard Model of Particle Physics	h2g2	Edited	Feb 8, 2002
A658505	Technological Sights for Tourists in Europe	h2g2	-	Nov 16, 2001
A652664	The Higgs Boson	h2g2	-	Nov 3, 2001
A635898	The Hubble Space Telescope	h2g2	Edited	Oct 31, 2001
A639425	DNA Fingerprinting	h2g2	Edited	Oct 29, 2001
A650387	The Standard Model of Particle Physics	h2g2	-	Oct 28, 2001
A637418	Radiocarbon Dating	h2g2	Edited	Oct 25, 2001
A641387	Scientific Sights for Tourists in Europe	h2g2	-	Oct 5, 2001
A622397	Gran Sasso, Italy	h2g2	Edited	Oct 3, 2001
A589548	Museums in Oxford	h2g2	-	Jul 7, 2001



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