It's Like Porn For Lly

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[Dogpatch 2]

The tunnel in the 2nd Death Star?

[ajs510 122]

Pretty much anything involving CERN is guaranteed to make LLY go interstellar.

[LongLiveYorke 38]

Now if we could only get that thing working this summer, we'd be in business.

[LongLiveYorke 38]

So, the beam itself is going to consist of protons. They're going to be spinning around with an energy of 7 TeV (Terra electron volts), which is a heck of a lot. These will come in big bunches of protons. Each bunch will have about 10^11 protons in it. The bunches will collide with each other to cause events. They will collide every 25 nanoseconds.So, there's going to be a whole hell of a lot of stuff going on in a very short amount of time.

[speedz99 145]

Go on...

[simo_8ball 1]

So, the beam itself is going to consist of protons. They're going to be spinning around with an energy of 7 TeV (Terra electron volts), which is a heck of a lot. These will come in big bunches of protons. Each bunch will have about 10^11 protons in it. The bunches will collide with each other to cause events. They will collide every 25 nanoseconds.So, there's going to be a whole hell of a lot of stuff going on in a very short amount of time.

I don't know why exactly, but I think this is one of my favourite LLY posts.

[LongLiveYorke 38]

Go on...

But of course none of what I said above means anything unless one considers the cross section for an interaction. In other words, we must consider how often two protons running into each other will actually interact. Taking into account the cross section of p-p interactions and how often two protons run toward each other (based on bunch crossings), we hope to achieve a luminosity of 10^34 1/cm^2 1/s. Luminosity is a measure of how many interactions are taking place in the accelerator per second. 10^34 is a lot.

[ajs510 122]

But of course none of what I said above means anything unless one considers the cross section for an interaction. In other words, we must consider how often two protons running into each other will actually interact. Taking into account the cross section of p-p interactions and how often two protons run toward each other (based on bunch crossings), we hope to achieve a luminosity of 10^34 1/cm^2 1/s. Luminosity is a measure of how many interactions are taking place in the accelerator per second. 10^34 is a lot.

All this time I thought it had something to do with Angelina Jolie's hair.

[speedz99 145]

10^34 is a lot.

Yes it is. So what would you expect to happen?

[Yoda 1]

So if it works..it does what exactly? Blows shit up?

[speedz99 145]

So if it works..it does what exactly? Blows shit up?

I feel like Dan Brown already covered exactly what will happen.

[Dogpatch 2]

Can it produce 1.21 Gigawatts?

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<br />But of course none of what I said above means anything unless one considers the cross section for an interaction. In other words, we must consider how often two protons running into each other will actually interact. Taking into account the cross section of p-p interactions and how often two protons run toward each other (based on bunch crossings), we hope to achieve a luminosity of 10^34 1/cm^2 1/s. Luminosity is a measure of how many interactions are taking place in the accelerator per second. 10^34 is a lot.<br />

I will never have to look at specbrad's thread again.

[troyomac 0]

So uhh... what's a proton?

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The LHC will explore the leading explanation that mass arises from ordinary particles slogging through an otherwise invisible but pervasive field of virtual Higgs particles. Were high energy colliding particles to create real Higgs bosons, the Higgs mechanism for mass creation may be bolstered. LHC will also look for micro black holes, magnetic monopoles, and explore the possibility that every type of fundamental particle we know about has a nearly invisible supersymmetric counterpart.

[drcossack 0]

So uhh... what's a proton?

Proton. If you have any further questions, ask LLY.

[ShakeZuma 586]

But of course none of what I said above means anything unless one considers the cross section for an interaction. In other words, we must consider how often two protons running into each other will actually interact. Taking into account the cross section of p-p interactions and how often two protons run toward each other (based on bunch crossings), we hope to achieve a luminosity of 10^34 1/cm^2 1/s. Luminosity is a measure of how many interactions are taking place in the accelerator per second. 10^34 is a lot.

duh

[Jadaki 1]

[donk4life 34]

Can it produce 1.21 Gigawatts?

Lol how come no one realized the genius in this post.

[El Guapo 10]

Is that a particle accelerator?

[ice4804 0]

Is that a particle accelerator?

Yes, it's the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, a reaserach facility in Switzerland. From what I know (not much), it is going to have the capabilities to produce some of the highest energy collisions ever, and hopefully in doing so, create never before seen/detected particles that are predicted by string theory/m-theory/whatever the latest name is.

[donk4life 34]

Anyone ever get the feeling LLY is just bullshitting us and making up crap as he goes?Yeah, neither do I.

[El Guapo 10]

Yes, it's the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, a reaserach facility in Switzerland. From what I know (not much), it is going to have the capabilities to produce some of the highest energy collisions ever, and hopefully in doing so, create never before seen/detected particles that are predicted by string theory/m-theory/whatever the latest name is.

See I am not as dumb as I try to make you all think I am.

[ice4804 0]

Anyone ever get the feeling LLY is just bullshitting us and making up crap as he goes?Yeah, neither do I.

^^^ Theoretical physics in a nutshell.just kidding...stringtheory4life