http://cosmicvariance.com/2007/03/02/lhc-detector-performs-first-test-of-fundamental-forces/ Random samplings from a universe of ideas Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:52:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://cosmicvariance.com/2007/03/02/lhc-detector-performs-first-test-of-fundamental-forces/#comment-213143 astromcnaught Mon, 05 Mar 2007 13:39:31 +0000 http://cosmicvariance.com/?p=1150#comment-213143 In the photo, who gets the blue hats, who gets the yellow hats, and who gets the white? In the photo, who gets the blue hats, who gets the yellow hats, and who gets the white?

]]> http://cosmicvariance.com/2007/03/02/lhc-detector-performs-first-test-of-fundamental-forces/#comment-211689 Ashlie Sat, 03 Mar 2007 00:10:50 +0000 http://cosmicvariance.com/?p=1150#comment-211689 So, if this thing's magnetic field strength is 100,000 times that of the Earth (at 1 m, perhaps?), does that mean that it will be 0.1 times as strong at the surface (100 m away, assuming inverse cubic rule)? So, if this thing’s magnetic field strength is 100,000 times that of the Earth (at 1 m, perhaps?), does that mean that it will be 0.1 times as strong at the surface (100 m away, assuming inverse cubic rule)?

]]> http://cosmicvariance.com/2007/03/02/lhc-detector-performs-first-test-of-fundamental-forces/#comment-211650 Harold Fri, 02 Mar 2007 21:51:13 +0000 http://cosmicvariance.com/?p=1150#comment-211650 That was a very funny read! That was a very funny read!

]]> http://cosmicvariance.com/2007/03/02/lhc-detector-performs-first-test-of-fundamental-forces/#comment-211635 Mike Procario Fri, 02 Mar 2007 21:18:13 +0000 http://cosmicvariance.com/?p=1150#comment-211635 Very good. You did not write dropped into place. When I visited CERN and saw CMS it was explained to me repeatedly that they would be lowering it into place not dropping it. Very good. You did not write dropped into place. When I visited CERN and saw CMS it was explained to me repeatedly that they would be lowering it into place not dropping it.

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