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Matthew Buckley @physicsmatt.bsky.social

Marge Simpson captioned as “theoretical physicists” holding a potato labeled “scalar fields” saying “I just think they’re neat.”
may 30, 2025, 11:14 pm • 9 0

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Heather Logan @helogan.bsky.social

Sometimes I lie awake at night wondering whether there are any non-composite scalar fields at all. Or U(1) gauge groups for that matter (that aren't a subgroup of a nonabelian one).

may 30, 2025, 11:27 pm • 0 0 • view
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Matthew Buckley @physicsmatt.bsky.social

Ah, a technicolorist

may 30, 2025, 11:29 pm • 0 0 • view
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Heather Logan @helogan.bsky.social

Just worrying about asymptotic freedom. My faith in SUSY (even high-scale) clearly isn't strong enough.

may 30, 2025, 11:37 pm • 0 0 • view
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Heather Logan @helogan.bsky.social

... for a person whose entire career is basically BSM Higgs phenomenology...

may 30, 2025, 11:38 pm • 0 0 • view