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First collisions at the LHC with unprecedented Energy! (Ask a particle physisicist)
#41
RE: First collisions at the LHC with unprecedented Energy! (Ask a particle physisicist)
Is this collidin' watchable on teh youtubez? Kind of like NASA's rocket tests?
"For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring." - Carl Sagan
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#42
RE: First collisions at the LHC with unprecedented Energy! (Ask a particle physisicist)
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.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition

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#43
Pictures!

"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
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#44
RE: First collisions at the LHC with unprecedented Energy! (Ask a particle physisicist)
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.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition

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#45
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"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
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#46
RE: First collisions at the LHC with unprecedented Energy! (Ask a particle physisicist)
I just noticed the title says Ask a particle 'physisicist'..... lol Alex
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#47
RE: First collisions at the LHC with unprecedented Energy! (Ask a particle physisicist)
(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.
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.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition

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#48
RE: First collisions at the LHC with unprecedented Energy! (Ask a particle physisicist)
(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.

Deeeerp Big Grin
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#49
RE: First collisions at the LHC with unprecedented Energy! (Ask a particle physisicist)
(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.  Big Grin
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#50
RE: First collisions at the LHC with unprecedented Energy! (Ask a particle physisicist)
Actually, to be technically correct, it's nano nano rock crushing Smile
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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