Firlefanz
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LHC Explained
This is as close to magic as physics come, I think. (Well, maybe aside from quantum physics.)
Anyway, here's a very British YouTube video that explains *how* the collider actually works. It doesn't say much about the black holes that people fear, but it sure is interesting anyway.
LHC Explained
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9/23/2008, 8:06 pm
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Ezekiel Stargazer
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Re: LHC Explained
Thanks for sharing that link here.
I have to admit the LHC is a very impressive machine. Back in the day when it was still the LEC, the Large Electron Collider, I had the chance to visit CERN and see all the wonders of modern physics research.
Ahh, those were the days...
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10/18/2010, 3:06 pm
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Re: LHC Explained
An informative video about the LHC.
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10/18/2010, 3:15 pm
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Reythia
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Re: LHC Explained
Very nice link! Thanks, Firle! I didn't know all the details of how it was actually set up. Very cool.
Also, welcome, Stargazer!
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10/18/2010, 3:50 pm
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Ezekiel Stargazer
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Re: LHC Explained
Thanks for the warm welcome, Reythia.
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10/18/2010, 3:52 pm
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Re: LHC Explained
Ah, I guess I should welcome you as well. I was kind of saving it, thinking you'd send a post to the introduction corner of the forum some time soon as well. Still, that was kind of short sighted of me.
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10/18/2010, 4:40 pm
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Ezekiel Stargazer
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Re: LHC Explained
I have to admit I didn't know what to write to introduce myself, so I just sneaked in.
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10/18/2010, 4:45 pm
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Reythia
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Re: LHC Explained
Aha! The stealth technique! Alas, we are far too penetrating and observant on this site to fall for that! MWAhahaha!
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10/19/2010, 2:55 pm
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dragonlady
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Re: LHC Explained
Wow! Those circles just keep getting bigger.
I saw a horizons episode last week about the big bang and how they reckon there must have been something before it.
There were several theories, one of them had a swiss cheese analogy.
I can't remember the details of most now, but it's far from my specialist area.
--- "Why sometimes I've believed as many as 6 impossible things before breakfast" -- Red Queen, Lewis Carrol
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10/19/2010, 7:54 pm
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Queenyforever
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Re: LHC Explained
Fascinating link indeed! Enjoyed it....
I watched a documentary on that sometime I think last year.....(My memory sucks! )...I love that sort of science........
We live less than 30 minutes from the new "Spaceport America".....I wish I'd live long enough and have enough money to go out on one of his ships some day...
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10/20/2010, 7:47 pm
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