Patrick Koppenburg 🐧
@koppenburg.ch
Nikhef physicist at LHCb Experiment at CERN. Exotic Hadrons, Sustainable Accelerators. Chair of LHCb Editorial Board and of CERN users committee ACCU.
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Born at 327.55 ppm CO₂. Président du PVL La Côte. 🟢🔵
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Born at 327.55 ppm CO₂. Président du PVL La Côte. 🟢🔵
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Patrick Koppenburg 🐧
@koppenburg.ch
· Oct 17
Hello to those who found me here. I am a particle physicist at CERN working on the @lhcb.bsky.social experiment and on future accelerators. In particular I worry about sustainability.
I'm also chairing the advisory committee of the 12000 CERN users.
I'm also chairing the advisory committee of the 12000 CERN users.
#hepjobs Post-doc opening on @lhcb.bsky.social at @monashuniversity.bsky.social with my great colleague @uegede.bsky.social .
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/44...
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/44...
Monash University hiring Research Fellow in Experimental Particle Physics (MWAPP) in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | LinkedIn
Posted 4:50:57 AM. Job No.: 694525Location: Clayton campusEmployment Type: Full-timeDuration: 3-year fixed-term…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
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September 16, 2026 at 6:26 PM
#hepjobs Post-doc opening on @lhcb.bsky.social at @monashuniversity.bsky.social with my great colleague @uegede.bsky.social .
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/44...
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/44...
c'est la mort qui t'a assassinée 😢
September 15, 2026 at 1:56 PM
c'est la mort qui t'a assassinée 😢
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La petite ville de Pornainen, en Finlande, est désormais chauffée par la plus grande "batterie de sable" commerciale au monde : un silo de 13 m de haut rempli de 2 000 tonnes de stéatite concassée, chauffée grâce à de l’électricité produite à partir de sources renouvelables.
September 15, 2026 at 9:22 AM
La petite ville de Pornainen, en Finlande, est désormais chauffée par la plus grande "batterie de sable" commerciale au monde : un silo de 13 m de haut rempli de 2 000 tonnes de stéatite concassée, chauffée grâce à de l’électricité produite à partir de sources renouvelables.
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An update @koppenburg.ch! A week and a half in, and the arXiv is humming with theoretical takes on LZ230616.
September 12, 2026 at 3:25 AM
An update @koppenburg.ch! A week and a half in, and the arXiv is humming with theoretical takes on LZ230616.
Autumn is finally coming
September 8, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Autumn is finally coming
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Famously, Hawking has had multiple public bets with books and dirty magazine subscriptions being the prize. Wikipedia has its own page on these throughout history.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scienti...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scienti...
Scientific wager - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
September 7, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Famously, Hawking has had multiple public bets with books and dirty magazine subscriptions being the prize. Wikipedia has its own page on these throughout history.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scienti...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scienti...
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Oh! Before and after app update. 😍
September 5, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Oh! Before and after app update. 😍
Sent on 31 July in Edinburgh. Arrived today. @royal-mail.bsky.social is about half the speed of the Roman Cursus Publicus 2000 years ago.
September 5, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Sent on 31 July in Edinburgh. Arrived today. @royal-mail.bsky.social is about half the speed of the Roman Cursus Publicus 2000 years ago.
While the Higgs mechanism gives mass to particles that's only 1 to 2 % of your mass. The rest is due to the kinetic energy of quarks and the strong interaction in the protons and neutrons that make up everything.
Tell me a fun fact.
September 5, 2026 at 6:24 AM
While the Higgs mechanism gives mass to particles that's only 1 to 2 % of your mass. The rest is due to the kinetic energy of quarks and the strong interaction in the protons and neutrons that make up everything.
hep-ph is quite @lzdarkmatter.bsky.social heavy today 🚑⚛️
September 2, 2026 at 6:38 AM
hep-ph is quite @lzdarkmatter.bsky.social heavy today 🚑⚛️
Exciting! First Run-3 paper with gas being injected in the VELO. And for the first time we use hydrogen resulting in proton-proton collisions with a centre-of-mass energy of 113 GeV.
First measurement of the ratio of ψ(2S)-to-J/ψ inclusive production in pAr and pp collisions at √s=113GeV with SMOG2 - Data samples were collected during argon and hydrogen gas injections in the SMOG2 storage cell, resulting in pAr and pp collisions, respectively. arxiv.org/abs/2608.30534
September 1, 2026 at 8:11 AM
Exciting! First Run-3 paper with gas being injected in the VELO. And for the first time we use hydrogen resulting in proton-proton collisions with a centre-of-mass energy of 113 GeV.
August 31, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Best concert ever
Secret World Live was originally released on VHS on this day in 1994. The tour, in support of the album Us, saw Peter play more than 150 shows around the world in 1993 and 1994.
August 30, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Best concert ever
Wow. Les escrocs qui vous appellent parlent le suisse-allemand maintenant.
August 27, 2026 at 10:50 AM
Wow. Les escrocs qui vous appellent parlent le suisse-allemand maintenant.
Pas de triche. Partagez la dernière photo de votre appareil photo.
(Quelques essais de mon nouveau pocket pour la montagne)
(Quelques essais de mon nouveau pocket pour la montagne)
August 25, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Pas de triche. Partagez la dernière photo de votre appareil photo.
(Quelques essais de mon nouveau pocket pour la montagne)
(Quelques essais de mon nouveau pocket pour la montagne)
Binary date of birth? I don't think any applies to me.
August 24, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Binary date of birth? I don't think any applies to me.
Reposted by Patrick Koppenburg 🐧
So let me sum up:
Patrick's neutrinos (English)
Patricks neutrino's (Dutch)
Patricks Neutrinos (German)
🤪
Patrick's neutrinos (English)
Patricks neutrino's (Dutch)
Patricks Neutrinos (German)
🤪
August 23, 2026 at 10:29 AM
So let me sum up:
Patrick's neutrinos (English)
Patricks neutrino's (Dutch)
Patricks Neutrinos (German)
🤪
Patrick's neutrinos (English)
Patricks neutrino's (Dutch)
Patricks Neutrinos (German)
🤪
Ooops. My local newspaper picked a random image of an eclipse as illustration. 🙄
August 16, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Ooops. My local newspaper picked a random image of an eclipse as illustration. 🙄
It's World elephant day
August 12, 2026 at 8:10 PM
It's World elephant day
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Most of what makes Bluesky different is invisible from the feed!
It runs on the AT Protocol, an open network that no single company fully controls, and that shapes everything here, from how blocks work to what happened when a state tried to restrict it. A few lesser-known facts: 🧵
It runs on the AT Protocol, an open network that no single company fully controls, and that shapes everything here, from how blocks work to what happened when a state tried to restrict it. A few lesser-known facts: 🧵
Rainn Wilson as Dwight: Shhh & Wink
ALT: Rainn Wilson as Dwight: Shhh & Wink
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August 11, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Most of what makes Bluesky different is invisible from the feed!
It runs on the AT Protocol, an open network that no single company fully controls, and that shapes everything here, from how blocks work to what happened when a state tried to restrict it. A few lesser-known facts: 🧵
It runs on the AT Protocol, an open network that no single company fully controls, and that shapes everything here, from how blocks work to what happened when a state tried to restrict it. A few lesser-known facts: 🧵
Erwin Schrödinger not a paedophile after all(?). While googling Schrödinger I found this article by @jolauki.bsky.social (in its French version in my local newspaper) about how biographer Walter Moore invented Schrödingers "Lolita syndrome" based on incomplete reading of his memoirs.
Nach seinem Tod 1961 wurde Schrödingers Ruf stark beschädigt. Nun konnten Forschende gesperrte Dokumente erneut einsehen.
«In den von uns gesichteten Quellen finden sich keine Belege für eine pädophile Täterschaft Schrödingers», sagt Magdalena Gronau.
www.tagesanzeiger.ch/schroedinger...
«In den von uns gesichteten Quellen finden sich keine Belege für eine pädophile Täterschaft Schrödingers», sagt Magdalena Gronau.
www.tagesanzeiger.ch/schroedinger...
Nobelpreisträger mit «Lolitakomplex»? Was die Vorwürfe gegen Erwin Schrödinger entkräftet
Als Professor in Zürich war er ein zentraler Kopf der Quantenrevolution. Doch Schrödinger wurden sexueller Missbrauch und Pädophilie vorgeworfen. Neu untersuchte Dokumente widersprechen dieser Skandalisierung.
www.tagesanzeiger.ch
August 11, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Erwin Schrödinger not a paedophile after all(?). While googling Schrödinger I found this article by @jolauki.bsky.social (in its French version in my local newspaper) about how biographer Walter Moore invented Schrödingers "Lolita syndrome" based on incomplete reading of his memoirs.