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Detector’s last experiment narrows search for dark matter
berkeley news ^
| 21 July 2016
| Robert Sanders
Posted on 07/21/2016 3:26:53 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
sources of noise caused by electrons building up on the inner Teflon coating of the tank holding a third-of-a-ton of cooled liquid xenon. If a WIMP collided with of a xenon atom within the tank, powerful sensors inside would detect the tiny flash of light and electrical charge created.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.berkeley.edu ...
TOPICS: Astronomy; Chit/Chat; Science
KEYWORDS: lux; luxzeplin; nersc; wimp
This is far beyond my ken, but look at the fun acronyms!
And where else would you find 700 pounds of liquid xenon!
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posted on
07/21/2016 3:26:53 PM PDT
by
DUMBGRUNT
To: DUMBGRUNT
Cool stuff for a hot day in the midwest!
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posted on
07/21/2016 3:28:01 PM PDT
by
DUMBGRUNT
(Looks like it's pretty hairy.)
To: DUMBGRUNT
They thought they found some, but it was just some bacon sticking to the Teflon.
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posted on
07/21/2016 3:29:14 PM PDT
by
MUDDOG
To: MUDDOG
Would Ted Cruz interact with the xenon if he were in the tank or would he just repulse all the xenon?
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posted on
07/21/2016 3:38:36 PM PDT
by
JTHomes
(Government is force.)
To: JTHomes
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posted on
07/21/2016 3:42:35 PM PDT
by
MUDDOG
To: DUMBGRUNT
Maybe WIMPs are wimpier than they thought.
Not only weak but shy too.
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posted on
07/21/2016 3:50:55 PM PDT
by
BitWielder1
(I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
To: MUDDOG
The crumbs stuck to the pan is where flavor is hidden.
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posted on
07/21/2016 3:51:00 PM PDT
by
DUMBGRUNT
(Looks like it's pretty hairy.)
To: BitWielder1
That’s what all the xenon is for!
Its anesthetic properties; to loosen them up.
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posted on
07/21/2016 3:57:35 PM PDT
by
DUMBGRUNT
(Looks like it's pretty hairy.)
To: DUMBGRUNT
"... third-of-a-ton of cooled liquid xenon." Is a third-of-a-ton of cooled, liquid zenon
worth a lot of money?
What happens to it after the experiment?
Just let it evaporate into the air maybe?
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posted on
07/21/2016 3:58:43 PM PDT
by
StormEye
To: StormEye
“Hey Dark Matter......Matters too!!!
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posted on
07/21/2016 4:12:27 PM PDT
by
Recon Dad
(Force Recon Dad)
To: StormEye
From google:
Cost, pure: $120 per 100g
All the cyphering to determine total cost for 1/3 ton would make my brain hurt!
Suffice to say, big bucks.
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posted on
07/21/2016 4:12:56 PM PDT
by
DUMBGRUNT
(Looks like it's pretty hairy.)
To: DUMBGRUNT
2000 / 3 = 667#
667 / 2.2 = 303 kg = 303,000 g
303,000/100 = 3030 units at $120 per.
3030 x 120 = $455k.
Math not checked.
To: Recon Dad
is Dark Matter...racist!?
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posted on
07/21/2016 4:23:43 PM PDT
by
faithhopecharity
("Politicians are not born. They're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero)
To: DUMBGRUNT
does Dark Matter, matter?
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posted on
07/21/2016 4:23:59 PM PDT
by
faithhopecharity
("Politicians are not born. They're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero)
To: DUMBGRUNT
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posted on
07/21/2016 4:49:13 PM PDT
by
beethovenfan
(Islam is a cancer on civilization.)
To: TexasGator
Math not checked. If you like it, I love it!
You may need some large dewar flasks to hold it and who knows what to keep it.
Don't forget labor and a flock of safety BS.
My guess ONE QUARTER MILLION PLUS DOLLARS, to return it to your lab.
PS: I confess to spending years in some very nice research facilities.
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posted on
07/21/2016 5:08:19 PM PDT
by
DUMBGRUNT
(Looks like it's pretty hairy.)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Is the #BLM in on the hunt? (Dark Matter Lives - somewhere)
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posted on
07/21/2016 5:09:56 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(auto spelchk? BWAhaha2haaa.....I aint't likely fixin' nuttin'. Blame it on the Bossa Nova...)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Experiment methodology designed and developed by Bezerkeley Xenon Supply, Inc.
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posted on
07/21/2016 5:21:57 PM PDT
by
thoughtomator
("... and if a million more agree, there ain't no Great Society")
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