Anne Green
@ultrawimp.bsky.social
I run ultras and search for WIMPs and Primordial Black Holes.
(personal account, personal opinions)
(personal account, personal opinions)
The gym is not my natural home (and the probability of me wearing ‘scrunch bum’ shorts is identically zero) but watching the small numbers I’m lifting get slowly bigger is satisfying.
November 15, 2025 at 8:35 PM
The gym is not my natural home (and the probability of me wearing ‘scrunch bum’ shorts is identically zero) but watching the small numbers I’m lifting get slowly bigger is satisfying.
It's careers week for 3rd years, so no 9 am lectures (and 5.45 am alarms...) for me this week. Instead, I've made my annual 'why theorists should care about experiments' cameo appearance in the 1st year lab lectures and am giving a talk about dark matter to my local astronomical society tonight.
November 14, 2025 at 1:11 PM
It's careers week for 3rd years, so no 9 am lectures (and 5.45 am alarms...) for me this week. Instead, I've made my annual 'why theorists should care about experiments' cameo appearance in the 1st year lab lectures and am giving a talk about dark matter to my local astronomical society tonight.
List of links to UK Cosmology PhD projects updated for 2025/26 admissions:
anne-green.net/physics/UKCo...
anne-green.net/physics/UKCo...
UK Cosmology PhDs | Anne Green
List of UK research groups offering PhDs in cosmology.
anne-green.net
November 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
List of links to UK Cosmology PhD projects updated for 2025/26 admissions:
anne-green.net/physics/UKCo...
anne-green.net/physics/UKCo...
Pros of Japanese trousers:
1) they're the right length, without me having to chop inches of material off the bottom,
2) they fit both my thighs and waist (usually trousers which go around my quads fall off my waist).
Cons: I need a size large...
1) they're the right length, without me having to chop inches of material off the bottom,
2) they fit both my thighs and waist (usually trousers which go around my quads fall off my waist).
Cons: I need a size large...
November 7, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Pros of Japanese trousers:
1) they're the right length, without me having to chop inches of material off the bottom,
2) they fit both my thighs and waist (usually trousers which go around my quads fall off my waist).
Cons: I need a size large...
1) they're the right length, without me having to chop inches of material off the bottom,
2) they fit both my thighs and waist (usually trousers which go around my quads fall off my waist).
Cons: I need a size large...
As a journal editor, finding referees for papers has got much harder (and more time-consuming). It's become common:
i) to have to try 4-6 people before someone says yes,
ii) for postdocs to decline as they're too busy.
i) to have to try 4-6 people before someone says yes,
ii) for postdocs to decline as they're too busy.
October 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
As a journal editor, finding referees for papers has got much harder (and more time-consuming). It's become common:
i) to have to try 4-6 people before someone says yes,
ii) for postdocs to decline as they're too busy.
i) to have to try 4-6 people before someone says yes,
ii) for postdocs to decline as they're too busy.
Very fun afternoon of sumo (with Hello Kitty)
October 19, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Very fun afternoon of sumo (with Hello Kitty)
Walking from Japan House to the Royal Albert Hall and spotted Takerufuji and (number 1 favourite small rikishi) Midorifuji coming out of their hotel!
October 19, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Walking from Japan House to the Royal Albert Hall and spotted Takerufuji and (number 1 favourite small rikishi) Midorifuji coming out of their hotel!
My tire likes collecting leaves, which helpfully increases the drag. It also attracts a lot of attention. One old chap suggested his wife could sit on it to increase the load…
October 18, 2025 at 5:59 PM
My tire likes collecting leaves, which helpfully increases the drag. It also attracts a lot of attention. One old chap suggested his wife could sit on it to increase the load…
Beautiful afternoon for a walk with my tyre:
October 12, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Beautiful afternoon for a walk with my tyre:
Finished a first draft of the slides for my talk (on observational probes of primordial black hole dark matter) in the online ZOOMing in on primordial black holes seminar series on Monday.
Including: i) some (trivial but often forgotten) thoughts on the interpretation of observations.
Including: i) some (trivial but often forgotten) thoughts on the interpretation of observations.
October 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Finished a first draft of the slides for my talk (on observational probes of primordial black hole dark matter) in the online ZOOMing in on primordial black holes seminar series on Monday.
Including: i) some (trivial but often forgotten) thoughts on the interpretation of observations.
Including: i) some (trivial but often forgotten) thoughts on the interpretation of observations.
Arrived at this morning's first 9am lecture early, to make sure I had plenty of time to address any technology glitches (lecture capture, student engagement software...). It was all fine, but the sliding whiteboard was so far above my head I could only reach it by kneeling on a high wheely chair...
October 3, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Arrived at this morning's first 9am lecture early, to make sure I had plenty of time to address any technology glitches (lecture capture, student engagement software...). It was all fine, but the sliding whiteboard was so far above my head I could only reach it by kneeling on a high wheely chair...
Never thought (as a theorist) that I'd be filling in spreadsheets about RF coils and gas regulators...
September 29, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Never thought (as a theorist) that I'd be filling in spreadsheets about RF coils and gas regulators...
At the very hot and humid world athletics championships. After some crowd pleasing Japanese front running in the men’s 10 000m, Europeans finished 1st and 3rd. Next up the 100m finals.
September 14, 2025 at 1:17 PM
At the very hot and humid world athletics championships. After some crowd pleasing Japanese front running in the men’s 10 000m, Europeans finished 1st and 3rd. Next up the 100m finals.
Left the OH in Tokyo and got the night bus to Kamikochi for some hiking. The weather’s decidedly British and my campsite isn’t the comfiest, but had some good views.
September 12, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Left the OH in Tokyo and got the night bus to Kamikochi for some hiking. The weather’s decidedly British and my campsite isn’t the comfiest, but had some good views.
The Ghibli museum and the ‘Wanoakari × Hyakudan Kaidan 2025’ (a gathering of 100s of onis at the 100 stairs).
September 11, 2025 at 4:59 AM
The Ghibli museum and the ‘Wanoakari × Hyakudan Kaidan 2025’ (a gathering of 100s of onis at the 100 stairs).
Rowing boats at Takachiho gorge:
September 8, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Rowing boats at Takachiho gorge:
2025 Japan holiday kicking off (as all good trips to Tokyo do) with vegan ramen at T’s Tantan.
September 1, 2025 at 10:56 AM
2025 Japan holiday kicking off (as all good trips to Tokyo do) with vegan ramen at T’s Tantan.
Today I got a Beighton score of 9 out of 9. Unfortunately, it's a test for joint hypermobility (and the threshold for a positive if you're over 50 is 4) so this is not a good thing.
August 21, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Today I got a Beighton score of 9 out of 9. Unfortunately, it's a test for joint hypermobility (and the threshold for a positive if you're over 50 is 4) so this is not a good thing.
The Nordic countries really don’t get how rude fuck is, exhibit 524:
August 17, 2025 at 8:44 AM
The Nordic countries really don’t get how rude fuck is, exhibit 524:
After 4 days rest, my leg was feeling OK-ish and I was running out of books to read, so I put my gear back on and took Helge (the race mascot) round a few laps.
August 16, 2025 at 1:38 PM
After 4 days rest, my leg was feeling OK-ish and I was running out of books to read, so I put my gear back on and took Helge (the race mascot) round a few laps.
Probably the most enjoyable DNF* I’ve ever had…
* stopping early in a fixed time race isn’t technically a DNF, but effectively it is.
* stopping early in a fixed time race isn’t technically a DNF, but effectively it is.
August 13, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Probably the most enjoyable DNF* I’ve ever had…
* stopping early in a fixed time race isn’t technically a DNF, but effectively it is.
* stopping early in a fixed time race isn’t technically a DNF, but effectively it is.
On my way to the Viadal 6-day. Unlike last year (when my flight was cancelled) I’m going to make it to the start. But I’ve got an injury so can’t run. Plan is to walk day 1 and hope that my multi-day shuffle then kicks in. (1/2)
August 9, 2025 at 8:59 AM
On my way to the Viadal 6-day. Unlike last year (when my flight was cancelled) I’m going to make it to the start. But I’ve got an injury so can’t run. Plan is to walk day 1 and hope that my multi-day shuffle then kicks in. (1/2)
I have evidently angered the timetabling gods. My Cosmology lectures next semester are all at 9 am, which means a 5.45 am alarm for me, and poor attendance.
August 1, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I have evidently angered the timetabling gods. My Cosmology lectures next semester are all at 9 am, which means a 5.45 am alarm for me, and poor attendance.
New yoga vest. (As a cosmologist the concept of trusting the Universe is somewhat amusing.)
July 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
New yoga vest. (As a cosmologist the concept of trusting the Universe is somewhat amusing.)
Gearing up for an Arctic adventure next year (lapland.arcticultra.de):
July 23, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Gearing up for an Arctic adventure next year (lapland.arcticultra.de):