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First collisions at the LHC with unprecedented Energy! (Ask a particle physisicist)
May 21, 2015 at 10:45 am
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RE: First collisions at the LHC with unprecedented Energy! (Ask a particle physisicist)
May 21, 2015 at 10:57 am
That's so fucking awesome. If I had any idea what was going on in particle physics I would do everything I could to be a physicist at CERN.
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RE: First collisions at the LHC with unprecedented Energy! (Ask a particle physisicist)
May 21, 2015 at 11:06 am
(May 21, 2015 at 10:45 am)Alex K Wrote: 13 TeV, here we come!
http://home.web.cern.ch/about/updates/20...ons-13-tev
To put that in perspective, that's about as much energy as a dust mite falling on you.
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RE: First collisions at the LHC with unprecedented Energy! (Ask a particle physisicist)
May 21, 2015 at 11:07 am
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Per Proton pair, yeah. But there are more Protons in that beam than there are Stars in the Galaxy
It'll fuck.you.up.
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RE: First collisions at the LHC with unprecedented Energy! (Ask a particle physisicist)
May 21, 2015 at 11:32 am
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?
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RE: First collisions at the LHC with unprecedented Energy! (Ask a particle physisicist)
May 21, 2015 at 11:56 am
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(May 21, 2015 at 11:32 am)Neimenovic Wrote: What is that, what does it do and why? am I supposed to be excited? Well, where do I start. By smashing (elementary) particles together at huge energies you can "ask" Nature to do interesting things with that energy you provide, and these occurrences you can then observe. By doing so, one can extract a clearer and clearer picture of the fundamental laws governing everything that takes place in the universe. One thing particle colliders typically aim to observe is new kinds of particles which are hitherto unknown, but which might be produced in the collision if enough energy is provided.
The collider had a down time of 2 years and just started up again with more energy than any other man-made particle reaction ever before. This opens up the possibility to see new phenomena occurring that no one has ever seen.
Quote:Bonus question: what does it have to do with rock crushing equipment?
Well, the collider is located in a 27 kilometer long circular tunnel 100 meters under ground. I'm pretty sure that more than a bit of rock crushing occurred when it was dug out in the 80s.
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RE: First collisions at the LHC with unprecedented Energy! (Ask a particle physisicist)
May 21, 2015 at 11:59 am
O noes, this thing is going to create a black hole that om nom noms the Earth!
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RE: First collisions at the LHC with unprecedented Energy! (Ask a particle physisicist)
May 21, 2015 at 11:59 am
Rad. What does LHC stand for? Lsomething Hadron Collider?
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RE: First collisions at the LHC with unprecedented Energy! (Ask a particle physisicist)
May 21, 2015 at 12:00 pm
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(May 21, 2015 at 11:59 am)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: O noes, this thing is going to create a black hole that om nom noms the Earth!
Probably. Better get drunk and have lots of sex quick. If it turns out that the world doesn't end after all, at least you had a nice few weeks.
(May 21, 2015 at 11:59 am)Neimenovic Wrote: Rad. What does LHC stand for? Lsomething Hadron Collider?
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RE: First collisions at the LHC with unprecedented Energy! (Ask a particle physisicist)
May 21, 2015 at 12:03 pm
(May 21, 2015 at 12:00 pm)Alex K Wrote: (May 21, 2015 at 11:59 am)Neimenovic Wrote: Rad. What does LHC stand for? Lsomething Hadron Collider?
Little
Aaaawww, it's a baby hadron collider!
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