Large Hadron Collider May Have Produced New Matter - Page 1
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author: Sionyn
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 27, 2012, 11:26:05 pm
content: The Large Hadron Collider, the world's largest and most powerful particle accelerator and the 'Big Bang machine' that was used to discover what appears to be the long-sought Higgs boson particle (as announced July 4), may have another surprise up its sleeve this year: The LHC looks to have produced a new type of matter, according to a new analysis of particle collision data by scientists at MIT and Rice University. The new type of matter, which has yet to be verified, is theorized to be one of two possible forms: Either 'color-glass condensate' — a flattened nucleus transformed into a 'wall' of gluons, which are smaller binding subatomic particles, or it could be 'quark-gluon plasma,' a dense, soup or liquid-like collection of individual particles.http://idealab.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/11/large-hadron-collider-may-have-produced-new-matter.php

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 27, 2012, 11:44:21 pm
content: Yeah, but will it give us hoverboards by 2015?Dave.

author: perfect_disturbance
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 28, 2012, 03:27:50 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on November 27, 2012, 11:44:21 pmHover boards and flying cars don't forget flying cars.

author: bullet308
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 28, 2012, 05:37:20 am
content: No.However, it will either result in a cure for cancer or the sudden onset of universal heat death. Or not.

author: Kremmen
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 28, 2012, 07:13:51 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on November 27, 2012, 11:44:21 pmOf course it will. It is the _Large_ Hadron Collider, for pete's sake.

author: Blofeld
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 28, 2012, 01:13:22 pm
content: Here is the original paper:http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/1210.5482The funny thing with this high energy particle research papers is, that the list of authors is the biggest part of them (here it starts at page 13 of a 27 page paper). One day this will result in a mass brawl if those guys can't agree who is to receive the Nobel prize.

author: Neilm
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 28, 2012, 07:44:58 pm
content: But will they have verified it by 21st December?

author: M. András
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 28, 2012, 08:06:46 pm
content: dont forget mr fusion too. i want a few gigawatts of power from rubbish

author: RCMR
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 28, 2012, 09:35:58 pm
content: I just hope that with all this sub-atomic wrangling and interdimensional fireworks that we're not waking up the Wraith motherships and alerting them to our location!

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 28, 2012, 11:55:52 pm
content: Quote from: Neilm on November 28, 2012, 07:44:58 pmThat's when they start the next experiment, searching for the elusive Mayan particle.Dave.

author: Unknown
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 29, 2012, 12:24:54 am
content: i want my arc reactor.

author: AlfBaz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 29, 2012, 02:15:10 am
content: I dunno, stuff like this shouldn't be run by a large world wide cumunal group that makes all their discoveries open... I think its high time that a trusted government department such as the CIA take over the operation O0

author: RCMR
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 29, 2012, 03:44:46 am
content: Quote from: AlfBaz on November 29, 2012, 02:15:10 amNoooo... you can't trust the CIA!Let's get the MPAA and RIAA involved!

author: GK
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 29, 2012, 11:55:53 am
content: Wow. We are one step closer:And Gary Created Woman Scene - Weird Science Movie (1985) - HD