Comments on: Beam Seen in LHC’s CMS Experiment

By: Kosmische Kuriosa kompakt « Skyweek Zwei Punkt Null

Kosmische Kuriosa kompakt « Skyweek Zwei Punkt Null — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:51:43 +0000

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By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:30:53 +0000

Meh. We’ll get really close to finding all the answers, then the funds will get cut. Just like with the superconducting monkey collider.

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/30420

By: Richard Weed

Richard Weed — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:20:49 +0000

So does this mean now we are no longer all in the big toe of a green giant but are now in the vacuum cleaner of a Mexican cleaning lady who might stub her toe? Why do physicists and cops think their one liners are funny? Kitchen or the bedroom,Jane…

By: Jane

Jane — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:43:16 +0000

This is the machine which will invent time travel…..(and this is what they are trying to do, but won’t tell you). In order to travel through time, one must be anti-matter, undetected by both light and black holes. In other words, one must be matter and anti-matter at the same time (or else, travel through an object that is both). Time travellers exist today (UFO’s) and are causing the world to become what it is—controlled by governments! And, your tax dollars are paying for it.

By: Mandeep

Mandeep — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:51:54 +0000

Rockindicular!! i’ve been just ignoring all the positive recent signs, too worried something disastrous is gonna happen again.. and of course, it yet may. but this is an excellent milestone, and the moment that one first has beam collisions at a new collider is one never to be forgotten — i remember the exact day this first happened at BaBar in 1999. ok, we’re still not there yet, but it looks *finally* right over the horizon. and much as this pleases me, i’m quite sure all my friends on the LHC are even more tickled by it. BTSM (whatever that will mean) — watch out, here we humans come!!!

By: Sili

Sili — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:31:48 +0000

Nah, Higgs exists. I’ve seen pictures of him and heard him on the radio.

By: Arrow

Arrow — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:19:00 +0000

I am positive Higgs does not exist, I am not so sure it will prevent it’s “discovery” though.

By: Sean

Sean — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:21:21 +0000

Here are two of the definitive blog posts:

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/12/14/detectors-101/

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/07/26/billion-dollar-baby-the-cms-silicon-tracker/

By: Eunoia

Eunoia — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:17:33 +0000

Oh, crumbs!

By: ObsessiveMathsFreak

ObsessiveMathsFreak — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:28:04 +0000

How do the detectors work? Specifically, how do you image the myriad of subatomic particles using macroscopic instruments? I’ve yet to see the definitive blog post on this one.