How the LHC Actually Works
Neotorama was featuring this really interesting explanation of how the Large Hadron Collider actually works yesterday evening: Linear acceleration, circular boosting in 4 packets with pulses, further acceleration in the proton synchotron (a larger ring) and gain of mass, further energy addition in the super proton synchotron, and finally the LHC itself with 2 rings [...]
Big Bang! Or is it?
In case you haven’t noticed, the world hasn’t ended yet. Which is good I guess, particularly since it’s despite the LHC (which stands for Large Hadron Collider, apparently) having been switched on this morning at CERN. Everybody’s celebrating, even Google, with one of their famous doodles (uhm … does “please do not use them elsewhere” [...]
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