Posted on 09/03/2015 6:10:19 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The matter, known as a quark-gluon plasma (or QGP), is predicted to exist when temperatures and densities are so extreme that regular matter cannot exist. Instead, a “perfect liquid” exists for a short time before it cools and condenses into the regular stuff that forms the building blocks of matter.
Although physicists have announced the detection of this exotic state of matter before, new results from the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, in Upton, New York, appear to show the tiniest droplets of quark-gluon plasma appear, in a specific pattern, after colliding helium-3 nuclei with gold ions.
“These tiny droplets of quark-gluon plasma were at first an intriguing surprise,” said Berndt Mueller, Associate Laboratory Director for Nuclear and Particle Physics at Brookhaven, in a statement. “Physicists initially thought that only the nuclei of large atoms such as gold would have enough matter and energy to set free the quark and gluon building blocks that make up protons and neutrons. But the flow patterns detected by RHIC’s PHENIX (Pioneering High Energy Nuclear Interaction eXperiment) collaboration in collisions of helium-3 nuclei with gold ions now confirm that these smaller particles are creating tiny samples of perfect liquid QGP.”
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“In the Beginning, the Universe Was a Liquid” — Physicists, 2015
“Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.” — Genesis, 6th century BC
You NEVER want to mix Immodium and Fahrvergnugen.
Hence...Primordial Goo is a great name for a rock band.
Particle Collider Spits Out Tiny Drops of Primordial Goo
almonds and yohimbe helps
Ever since they measured FasterThanLight nuetrinos....TWICE....then said it was a boo boo ....that somebody didn’t tighten a bolt or something.....I’ve concluded, after at least 5 minutes of thought.... that this is a cover for our first time machine.
Neat often, but I will add a teaspoon of water on occasion to bring out some of the hidden flavors and scents. No more than a tablespoon. Completely ruins the experience.
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I like to take 4 laxatives and 4 sleeping pills together, is that bad?
You have a point but I have been wandering towards good Rye recently.
I’m looking for a pedestrian book on String Theory newer than the last Brian Greene (Hidden Reality 2010). Actually, I think pedestrian may be too mild for Greene’s book.
Anyway, anyone have any suggestions?
I mainly want something that is also on CD as I have a much longer commute than I use to and hope to get through a LOT of books while I am doing it.
Did you bother to read the article, or the excerpt?
I like it when our colliders beat out the behemoth at CERN.
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