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by gronos
Fri Sep 23, 2011 3:07 pm
Forum: Science
Topic: Neutrinos go faster then light !
Replies: 109
Views: 212485

Re: Neutrinos go faster then light !

I find it very sad the way some scientists and the press especially are jumping to the conclusion that neutrinos are travelling faster than the speed of light. It's as if... they want it to be true. No, sorry, mother nature doesn't work like that and the speed of light remaining a speed limit will ...
by gronos
Thu Nov 18, 2010 5:46 am
Forum: The Accelerator
Topic: Antimatter captured for a fifth of a second?
Replies: 8
Views: 12671

Re: Antimatter captured for a fifth of a second?

I read the article and it does raise an interesting issue of why so much matter and so little antimatter in our local environment. It seems the simplest explanation is that matter and antimatter were created in equal amounts in the early universe and either 1) it mixed uniformly and annihilated each...
by gronos
Sun Sep 26, 2010 1:22 pm
Forum: The Accelerator
Topic: Current Events Discussion
Replies: 512
Views: 606523

Re: Current Events Discussion

Thanks for the quick response. When the heavy ion experiments are begun in Nov., lead ions I believe, I assume the luminosity measurements will go way down since I would think it would be more difficult to get a high density of lead ions compared to protons. Plus much more energy must be needed to a...
by gronos
Sun Sep 26, 2010 3:22 am
Forum: The Accelerator
Topic: Current Events Discussion
Replies: 512
Views: 606523

Re: Current Events Discussion

Why is the luminosity of Alice essentially zero, while the other detectors are above 16?

Rich
by gronos
Sun Sep 26, 2010 3:11 am
Forum: ALICE
Topic: Why no luminosity in Alice
Replies: 1
Views: 11010

Why no luminosity in Alice

While the other detectors currently seem to have luminosities of 16 or more, Alice has none. Is it due to the specific beam type and profile?

Rich
by gronos
Tue Apr 06, 2010 1:37 pm
Forum: The Accelerator
Topic: Beam 2 reduced stability?
Replies: 2
Views: 6105

Beam 2 reduced stability?

From the last several runs it appears that the luminosity of beam 2 decayed at a faster rate than that for beam 1. This seems the case for several days or weeks now. Does anyone know why beam 2 would appear to lose luminosity faster than beam 1?
by gronos
Mon Apr 05, 2010 2:07 pm
Forum: The Accelerator
Topic: Current Events Discussion
Replies: 512
Views: 606523

Re: Current Events Discussion

Well I don't think they made 24hrs, but it looks like they got past 18hrs which is certainly a record. The collisions from ATLAS look great.
by gronos
Thu Apr 01, 2010 3:18 am
Forum: The Accelerator
Topic: Current Events Discussion
Replies: 512
Views: 606523

Re: Current Events Discussion

Whoops, beams gone. Hope there were some interesting collisions.
by gronos
Thu Feb 25, 2010 8:41 pm
Forum: The Accelerator
Topic: Older Events and discussion 3/22/10
Replies: 156
Views: 180532

Re: ** Current Events and discussion **

It certainly seems to know how to quench, simply needs to be taught when to quench. Pity it will hold up getting to 3.5TEV for a while.

Rich
by gronos
Sun Feb 07, 2010 7:38 am
Forum: New Users Start Here
Topic: New user description
Replies: 7
Views: 10729

New user description

Hi,

New user here. Biochemist/Developmental Biologist with an interest in the origins of the universe.

Rich
by gronos
Sun Feb 07, 2010 7:36 am
Forum: The Accelerator
Topic: 2010 Startup
Replies: 89
Views: 95943

Re: 2010 Startup

Hi,

New user here.

Rich