Comments for Cosmic Variance

Comment on IPMU in Tokyo Needs Support by Hiroshi

Hiroshi — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:13:47 +0000

Dear Chanda@5:

The Hatoyama Government in Japan made a set of populist promises during the election a few months ago, and its total cost is estimated to be over 70 billion US$. Among them is elimination of gasoline tax (25 billion US$) and elimination of highway tolls (6 billion US$), which would add more CO2 in the air. There is nothing about science in their list. The reason that the Government is conducting the public hearing is to decide which programs to cut in order to come up with fund to pay for these promises. I am told that the total number of letters to the Ministry will play an important role for the Government to decide which programs to rescue.

Comment on First Collisions in the LHC! by Mandeep Gill

Mandeep Gill — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:04:49 +0000

Rock, and FREAKING ROLL.

Strap yerselves in, folks, here we go…

:->

Comment on First Collisions in the LHC! by IVAN3MAN AT LARGE

IVAN3MAN AT LARGE — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:55:29 +0000

Hmm… I wonder how many little universes were destroyed today?

Comment on IPMU in Tokyo Needs Support by Gordon Stangler

Gordon Stangler — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:52:42 +0000

I sent a letter, and I am recruiting every scientist and engineer I know to write one. Saving basic science is very important, and it really does not get any more basic than understanding the universe!

Comment on Collisions!!! by graviton383

graviton383 — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:43:56 +0000

Tonight I will toast the LHC accelerator people as well as the experimenters on all 4 experiments for all their blood, sweat & tears over the last years. We are entering a new era that has been a very long time coming..AT LEAST 27 years (since my first supercollider paper)!

Here here!

Comment on First Collisions in the LHC! by graviton383

graviton383 — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:38:59 +0000

I’ve only waited 25+ years for this…

Comment on First Collisions in the LHC! by Julie Simon Lakehomer

Julie Simon Lakehomer — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:57:34 +0000

Wow! Finally! Congratulations, and thanks for the very interesting picture and explanation!

Comment on Collisions!!! by NewEnglandBob

NewEnglandBob — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:13:52 +0000

No, the blue on in the top left is a Camaro exhaust.

Its the green one on th elower right display, radiating out from the center at 9:30.

Comment on First Collisions in the LHC! by John

John — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:06:05 +0000

Should remark that both experiments are calling these “collision candidate events” in that they may possibly be something other than beam protons hitting other beam protons. For example it may be beam protons hitting residual gas atoms. But that is very much less likely to produce such symmetric events.

Comment on First Collisions in the LHC! by Pieter Kok

Pieter Kok — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:04:59 +0000

at last!