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CERN Large Hadron Collider restarts with redoubled energy
Deutsche Welle ^
| 3/12/2015
| Tatiana Ivanova
Posted on 03/22/2015 7:10:57 PM PDT by jonatron
At the end of March, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) will be up and running after a remodeling break of over two years. Physicists said on Thursday they hoped it would open the door to an even deeper understanding of our universe, now that the accelerator has twice the energy as before.
"We are all very excited," CERN director Rolf-Dieter Heuer said at the opening of a press conference on Thursday, adding that the accelator would be reactivated during the final week of March, pending final tests.
Since its initial launch in 2008, CERN researchers in Geneva have been using the 27-kilometer-long particle accelerator to smash protons together at just under the speed of light. Directly after the collision, the particles break up into their smallest building blocks, like Hadrons and Bosons. One of them is the Higgs-Boson, a particle that was previously only known as a theoretical quantity, but its existence was physically proven just before the LHC was shut down three years ago. The particles are recorded with huge sensors that have a similar function to light-detecting chips in digital cameras.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cern; stringtheory
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03/22/2015 7:10:58 PM PDT
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jonatron
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
03/22/2015 7:11:33 PM PDT
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jonatron
(Land of the Free, Home of the Brave)
To: jonatron
I wonder what new discoveries they will make?
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03/22/2015 7:19:14 PM PDT
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garjog
(Obama: bringing joy to the hearts of Terrorists everywhere.)
To: jonatron
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03/22/2015 7:21:23 PM PDT
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1rudeboy
To: jonatron
Well,alrighty then.We'll get that black hole yet.
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posted on
03/22/2015 7:25:28 PM PDT
by
Farmer Dean
(stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
To: garjog
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03/22/2015 7:27:44 PM PDT
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JimSEA
To: 1rudeboy
Hahaha....You put the party into subatomic particles, yo!
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03/22/2015 7:31:42 PM PDT
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jonatron
(Land of the Free, Home of the Brave)
To: jonatron
after a remodeling break of over two yearsNew cabinets, appliances, redo the plumbing and electricity. But still, two years? Get a better contractor next time!
To: jonatron
Kickstart my heart! - Mötley Crüe. Seems to be a good tune to play as they fire up the CERN.
To: jonatron
I don’t know much about CERN but it seems that if something goes wrong, it would not be a good thing.
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03/22/2015 7:55:01 PM PDT
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laplata
( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
To: jonatron
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03/22/2015 8:22:07 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.a)
To: garjog
I hope it is solar powered for the sake of the environment. Global warming en all.
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03/22/2015 8:22:17 PM PDT
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deadrock
(I is someone else.)
To: laplata
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03/22/2015 8:28:43 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.a)
To: 1rudeboy
Alpine Kat....
....is running a live feed.
I just captured this screen shot ....
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03/22/2015 8:31:57 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.a)
To: jonatron
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03/22/2015 8:32:52 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.a)
To: jonatron
the 27-kilometer-long particle accelerator subatomic particles
That wouldn't happen to qualify as a "plasma conduit" now would it?
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03/22/2015 8:33:15 PM PDT
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ROCKLOBSTER
(Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves Month")
To: jonatron
To: garjog
“I wonder what new discoveries they will make?”
With that kind of energy they now ought to be able to find the elusive Biggs Hoson particle.
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posted on
03/22/2015 8:56:12 PM PDT
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catnipman
(Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
To: jonatron
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03/22/2015 8:59:52 PM PDT
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Talisker
(One who commands, must obey.)
To: BenLurkin
Thanks for the cool picture. That’s what I’m thinking but am probably totally wrong.
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03/22/2015 9:24:36 PM PDT
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laplata
( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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