Large Hadron Collider and hilarious overreactions
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Extremely nerdy.... But recreating the birth of the universe is....... *bursts out laughing* ....pure insanity! :twisted:
That's the most out-there, courageous thing I have read in a while! Good luck to them and i'll be watching what happens!:thumbup:
That's the most out-there, courageous thing I have read in a while! Good luck to them and i'll be watching what happens!:thumbup:
The science is beyond me but the general plan seems pretty neat!
I keep thinking Black Mesa when I look at the pictures of this place.
"Please activate the mass spectrometer Gordon..."
It's an absolute giant project in the long run of things. 17 miles in diameter and 600 feet under ground.
"Please activate the mass spectrometer Gordon..."
It's an absolute giant project in the long run of things. 17 miles in diameter and 600 feet under ground.
LHC stories
I heard about the project about a year ago on NPR's All Things Considered and checked out the CERN website then and was quite awed.
Listen to Pt.1 page http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9433495
Listen to Pt.2 page http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9473392
...and the follow up a year later...
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89265915
Scientists in Geneva are readying the largest particle accelerator ever built. But BPP regular David Morgan says at least two men are suing to stop the accelerator because they fear it will swallow all of planet Earth.
Edit: added LHC podcast link at iTunes: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=251294167
The forum here at MW never ceases to amaze me lest I forget great minds think alike.
I heard about the project about a year ago on NPR's All Things Considered and checked out the CERN website then and was quite awed.
Listen to Pt.1 page http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9433495
Listen to Pt.2 page http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9473392
...and the follow up a year later...
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89265915
Scientists in Geneva are readying the largest particle accelerator ever built. But BPP regular David Morgan says at least two men are suing to stop the accelerator because they fear it will swallow all of planet Earth.
Edit: added LHC podcast link at iTunes: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=251294167
The forum here at MW never ceases to amaze me lest I forget great minds think alike.
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Now it's on its way to becoming one of the coldest thing in the universe! :mrgreen:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7512586.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7512586.stm
1.9 degrees Kelvin...so the accelerator will be operating at just barely over absolute zero.
What the hell are they using to super cool that thing without destroying the materials around it.
What the hell are they using to super cool that thing without destroying the materials around it.
the article says liquid helium. i guess it to be in some kind of metal tubing.
barely over 0 kelvin would be around a half billionth K which was achieved by a science group in the US
I just have to point out, since I work for the world leader in mass specs.... a mass specometer isnt a colider.. its a measurement device to measure mass at the atom level.
Monitor the cooldown process online. :mrgreen:
http://lhc.web.cern.ch/lhc/Cooldown_status.htm
http://lhc.web.cern.ch/lhc/Cooldown_status.htm
hmm imagine this whole thing quenches... omg biggest explosion on earth ever?
nothing compared to a meteorite striking us
It's not an explosion they are worried about but rather an implosion, as in black hole. Or possibly causing another big bang.
But that's the paranoids spouting that crap, the safety report should have never stated those possibilities.
But that's the paranoids spouting that crap, the safety report should have never stated those possibilities.
They're not actually doing collision tests tomorrow, but they will be shooting a proton beam inside the collider.
http://press.web.cern.ch/press/PressReleases/Releases2008/PR06.08E.html
Live coverage of the activation
http://webcast.cern.ch/index.html
http://press.web.cern.ch/press/PressReleases/Releases2008/PR06.08E.html
Live coverage of the activation
http://webcast.cern.ch/index.html
Here's a 5 minute scientific outline of the project.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j50ZssEojtM"]Large Hadron Rap - YouTube[/ame]
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j50ZssEojtM"]Large Hadron Rap - YouTube[/ame]
I have my crowbar ready, no head humpers are gonna get me.
Found this, very informative for the non-particle physicist types.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fJ6PMfnz2E&feature=related"]Large Hadron Collider - The Search For The Higgs [1 of 3] - YouTube[/ame]
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQNPpeVvZ9w&feature=related"]Large Hadron Collider - The Search For The Higgs [2 of 3] - YouTube[/ame]
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XbKZwXK-3c&feature=related"]Large Hadron Collider - The Search For The Higgs [3 of 3] - YouTube[/ame]
Found this, very informative for the non-particle physicist types.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fJ6PMfnz2E&feature=related"]Large Hadron Collider - The Search For The Higgs [1 of 3] - YouTube[/ame]
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQNPpeVvZ9w&feature=related"]Large Hadron Collider - The Search For The Higgs [2 of 3] - YouTube[/ame]
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XbKZwXK-3c&feature=related"]Large Hadron Collider - The Search For The Higgs [3 of 3] - YouTube[/ame]
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