Large Hadron Collider - Cool overview of the world's largest particle accelerator

[Scutter01]

YouTube - What is CERN Large Hadron Collider LHC ? End of the World? Search for God Partcle and Micro Black Holes.

 

[T.Lex]

In memory of Schroedinger's cat (RIP) and recent resurrection, they're firing up the LHC again. But with more power. hunh hunh hunh errrr

Large Hadron Collider restarts after two-year rebuild - BBC News

Particle beams have now travelled in both directions, inside parallel pipes, at a whisker below the speed of light.
Actual collisions will not begin for at least another month, but they will take place with nearly double the energy the LHC reached during its first run.
Scientists hope to glimpse a "new physics" beyond the Standard Model.

 

[spencer rifle]

I saw Schroedinger's cat at 5:42 in the video. Or maybe not.
It was pushing a glass of French wine off a table. Or maybe not.

 

[CathyInBlue]

Well, we are a gun forum, and right now, there is no bigger gun with higher terminal ballistics than the LHC, albeit there's no smaller caliber. I wonder what it would take, if we anticipated an attach by aliens from space, to be able to steer its beam up.

 

[T.Lex]

Well, we are a gun forum, and right now, there is no bigger gun with higher terminal ballistics than the LHC, albeit there's no smaller caliber. I wonder what it would take, if we anticipated an attach by aliens from space, to be able to steer its beam up.

If we make another one, whatever you do, DON'T CROSS THE STREAMS!

 

[D-Ric902]

There are particle collisions happening all the time, mostly in the upper atmosphere.
And some are thousands of times more powerful than anything the LHC will do.

the problem is knowing where and when the collision will happen so you can study it. I heard somewhere (but I can't seem to find it again) that the actual force from the LHC strongest collision is about the same as a mosquito landing on your arm

 

[CathyInBlue]

Do YOU wanna stand in the beam path?

 

[T.Lex]

Yeah, that "mosquito" is landing REALLY REALLY fast!

(J/K I know what you mean.)

...the actual force from the LHC strongest collision is about the same as a mosquito landing on your arm

From CERN:
http://press.web.cern.ch/backgrounders/safety-lhc

Speculations about microscopic black holes at the LHC refer to particles produced in the collisions of pairs of protons, each of which has an energy comparable to that of a mosquito in flight.

 

[Woobie]

When my son received radiation on his brain, we had to go to Bloomington to do it. That office is now closed, but at the time they had one of 7 or 8 proton beam radiation machines in the country. They would fire up those particles to 60% of light speed and blast his little brain. They actually did it from two sides and met the two beams in the middle. It worked, but I certainly didn't understand it. The two Dr.'s running the place were absolutely brilliant. Anyhow, the point is, people are purposefully put in the path of particle beams every day.

 

[D-Ric902]

Yeah, that "mosquito" is landing REALLY REALLY fast!

(J/K I know what you mean.)



From CERN:
The safety of the LHC | CERN press office

thats the link, thanks for finding it

 

[Mr. Habib]

When my son received radiation on his brain, we had to go to Bloomington to do it. That office is now closed, but at the time they had one of 7 or 8 proton beam radiation machines in the country. They would fire up those particles to 60% of light speed and blast his little brain. They actually did it from two sides and met the two beams in the middle. It worked, but I certainly didn't understand it. The two Dr.'s running the place were absolutely brilliant. Anyhow, the point is, people are purposefully put in the path of particle beams every day.

I worked at that cyclotron for almost 30 years. It's sad that the people in charge of the money weren't nearly as competent as their medical counterparts.

 

[Woobie]

I worked at that cyclotron for almost 30 years. It's sad that the people in charge of the money weren't nearly as competent as their medical counterparts.

Amen to that. You people were awesome down there. The front desk, the techs, the nurses, the anesthesiologists, Dr. Buxbaum, everyone. My son still remembers you guys, and we certainly do. Thanks for everything you did for so many. FYI, we were there early 2012.

 

[Mr. Habib]

From everyone that was a part of that family, thank you.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

The Large Hadron Collider LHC was halted after short circuit when a weasel wandered onto a 66,000-volt transformer

 

[BugI02]

In memory of Schroedinger's cat (RIP) and recent resurrection, they're firing up the LHC again. But with more power. hunh hunh hunh errrr

Large Hadron Collider restarts after two-year rebuild - BBC News

No fair, you peeked!

 

[T.Lex]

LHC: Five new particles hold clues to sub-atomic glue - BBC News

Because this is so complicated, its a REALLY short article.

But, if you're into Grand Unified Theory type stuff, this is pretty cool.

 

[Trigger Time]

I'm more concerned with the radio waves and contrails they are pumping into the sky and ground. I can't remember what the one in Alaska is called. An they either have or are building a bigger one. They do and have controlled the weather. That's more scary to me than if some scientist blow money on a giant circle thing

 

[ArcadiaGP]

 

[Trigger Time]

yep that's what they said about the government listening to phones and other electronic devices like smart tv's till the government got exposed listening to phones and electronic devices like smart tv's.
or climate change before man made climate change was debunked

 

[T.Lex]

I'm more concerned with the radio waves and contrails they are pumping into the sky and ground. I can't remember what the one in Alaska is called. An they either have or are building a bigger one. They do and have controlled the weather. That's more scary to me than if some scientist blow money on a giant circle thing

This may be more than a little Hollywood-ish, but if they can figure out how the Strong Force works (this is what keeps atoms joined together), they may then be able to unlock and control fusion-generated power. That would be a REALLY big deal.

Current (pardon the pun) efforts are little more than trial and error. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but if the LHC can facilitate actually understanding, that would be better.