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RE: First collisions at the LHC with unprecedented Energy! (Ask a particle physisicist)
May 30, 2015 at 3:45 pm
Is this collidin' watchable on teh youtubez? Kind of like NASA's rocket tests?
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May 30, 2015 at 4:23 pm
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May 31, 2015 at 1:52 pm
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RE: First collisions at the LHC with unprecedented Energy! (Ask a particle physisicist)
June 1, 2015 at 1:33 am
I just noticed the title says Ask a particle 'physisicist'..... lol Alex
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RE: First collisions at the LHC with unprecedented Energy! (Ask a particle physisicist)
June 1, 2015 at 1:52 am
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(May 31, 2015 at 7:43 pm)Pyrrho Wrote: So, after being a couple of years offline, and after spending an ungodly amount of money upgrading it, you guys still can't get the particles to move in a straight line?
To be fair, it's really hard to get them to move in a straight line if there is a 4 Tesla magnetic field...
(June 1, 2015 at 1:33 am)Neimenovic Wrote: I just noticed the title says Ask a particle 'physisicist'..... lol Alex
I'll leave it as an exercise for the reader to figure out whether that was a deep and subtle joke or a mistake.
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RE: First collisions at the LHC with unprecedented Energy! (Ask a particle physisicist)
June 1, 2015 at 3:58 am
(June 1, 2015 at 1:52 am)Alex K Wrote: (June 1, 2015 at 1:33 am)Neimenovic Wrote: I just noticed the title says Ask a particle 'physisicist'..... lol Alex
I'll leave it as an exercise for the reader to figure out whether that was a deep and subtle joke or a mistake.
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RE: First collisions at the LHC with unprecedented Energy! (Ask a particle physisicist)
June 1, 2015 at 10:22 am
(May 21, 2015 at 11:32 am)Neimenovic Wrote: What is that, what does it do and why? am I supposed to be excited?
Bonus question: what does it have to do with rock crushing equipment?
Think of it as nano-rock crushing.
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RE: First collisions at the LHC with unprecedented Energy! (Ask a particle physisicist)
June 1, 2015 at 2:38 pm
Actually, to be technically correct, it's nano nano rock crushing
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