RE: First collisions at the LHC with unprecedented Energy! (Ask a particle physisicist)
August 6, 2016 at 6:41 am
(This post was last modified: August 6, 2016 at 6:41 am by Alex K.)
(August 6, 2016 at 5:55 am)chimp3 Wrote: Alex K : Any reason to fire up the LHC again? What is planned for the device?
The LHC will be running continuously for many years to come. The data being presented this week are just the first official snapshot of this year's measurements. The more data you collect, the better statistics you get, the smaller error bars you get, the smaller are the effects you can see in the data. It's like taking a longer and longer exposure photo of the sky - the noise cancels and you can see fainter and fainter objects.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
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