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LHC
February 17, 2015 at 2:22 pm
Are super-colliders dangerous?
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RE: LHC
February 17, 2015 at 2:23 pm
Hey there! Might wanna toss a thread up in the introductions section so everyone can say hi.
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RE: LHC
February 17, 2015 at 2:24 pm
(February 17, 2015 at 2:22 pm)Filipe Barbosa Wrote: Are super-colliders dangerous?

If one falls on your head it would sting a bit.Angel Cloud



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RE: LHC
February 17, 2015 at 2:37 pm
(February 17, 2015 at 2:24 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote:
(February 17, 2015 at 2:22 pm)Filipe Barbosa Wrote: Are super-colliders dangerous?

If one falls on your head it would sting a bit.Angel Cloud

Made my day. ROFLOL
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RE: LHC
February 17, 2015 at 2:49 pm
(February 17, 2015 at 2:22 pm)Filipe Barbosa Wrote: Are super-colliders dangerous?

As a sophisticaped piece of machinery, yes, technicians must take care with all those high voltages, temperatures and cooling apparatus.
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RE: LHC
February 17, 2015 at 3:05 pm (This post was last modified: February 17, 2015 at 3:05 pm by Surgenator.)
(February 17, 2015 at 2:22 pm)Filipe Barbosa Wrote: Are super-colliders dangerous?

Only if your trying to break it or stand near one of the detectors when it's operational. Otherwise, it's a god of the gaps killer. So as long your not god, you should be afraid of it. Big Grin
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RE: LHC
February 17, 2015 at 3:05 pm
You sure as hell wouldn't want to be inside one when it's operating.
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RE: LHC
February 17, 2015 at 3:09 pm
(February 17, 2015 at 2:22 pm)Filipe Barbosa Wrote: Are super-colliders dangerous?

You shouldn't stand next to it in the tunnel while it's running, but otherwise everything's peachy.

Those energies in supercollider collisons are smaller than those that can occur on in cosmic ray collisions, and while larger than other energies generated in the lab, are really tiny compared to the planck energy and things like that. There have been studies about this by serious people, who aren't science drones but have families too by the way, before the LHC was started.
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RE: LHC
February 17, 2015 at 3:11 pm
If you stand at a safe distance from them and everyone responsible for the experiments is doing their jobs, no. All they do is recreate collisions that occur naturally, but in a controlled environment, where they can be studied and understood.
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RE: LHC
February 17, 2015 at 4:08 pm
Um. You guys are forgetting that the new powered up LHC is going to make a black hole and swallow up the Earth.

It's true.

I read it on the internet.
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