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small bang - follow the geek pride

Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2010 10:15 am
by zaxrex
CERN collapses two 3.5 Tev beams together. Awesomeness ensues.
follow the geek pride
CERN wrote:LHC experiments will be sensitive to new massive particles indicating the presence of extra dimensions up to masses of 2 TeV, where today’s reach is around 1 TeV.
I can see it now, all those Buckaroo Bonzai VHS copies are being watched over and over again until the tape stretches.
CERN

Re: small bang - follow the geek pride

Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2010 10:24 am
by complacent
wewt! :nana: :nana: :nana: :nana:

Re: small bang - follow the geek pride

Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2010 11:31 am
by Sabre
Very cool! From what I remember, they'll be shutting it down in mid summer for fixes to some problems and then they are going to turn it up even more next year :)

Re: small bang - follow the geek pride

Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2010 12:00 pm
by complacent
I have to admit, it's a daily struggle to pronounce the LHC correctly. :oops:

Re: small bang - follow the geek pride

Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2010 8:19 pm
by schvin
lhc, hahaha. seriously though, this is awesome.