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LHC Smashes Beam Collision Record

Posted June 28, 2010 7:57 AM

From BBC News | Science & Environment | UK Edition:

Scientists working on the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) say they have moved a step closer to their aim of unlocking the mysteries of the Universe. The world's highest-energy particle accelerator has produced a record-breaking particle collision rate - about double the previous rate. The collider is now generating around 10,000 particle collisions per second, according to physicist Andrei Golutvin.

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Re: LHC Smashes Beam Collision Record

06/28/2010 11:07 AM

From the article, quoting Prof. John Ellis:

"Protons are complicated particles, they've got quarks, [and other small particles], and colliding them is like colliding two garbage cans and watching carrots come out"

I'm not sure if that's the most charming or the most unnerving attempt ever by a scientist trying to explain what they're up to.
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Re: LHC Smashes Beam Collision Record

07/01/2010 3:56 PM

Well I think it's verrrrrry charming.
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