Now. THAT is what I call physics!

belmondo wrote in post #5909908
This was displayed in my office for a while. (in my old, law and order days).

I almost fell out of my chair when I saw this! LOL.

Didier, these are awesome! you were so lucky.

Looks awesome...I got my degree in physics, though I don't do much with it now I did study some of these particle accelerators when i was in school....always wanted to see one in person.

And yes, physicists actually have a pretty good sense of humor.

Impressive!!... into CERN's CMS with a Camera. I wouldn't have thought it was possible. (Now that I think about it, not sure why). I am a few mins from Livermore Natl Lab, and an hour from Stanford U., where I've seen their own little accelerator. Still, photographing it is always somehow an issue.

Great photos. Now if they turn the thing on and Klingons come out from the portal, I am not sure what is going to happen. I am working on my suit and aluminum hat, just in case though.

(BTW, the whole six month thing, they probably just want to keep you from ruining your gear).

I am very jealous, I would love to be there with you. Not my field of study in the area of physics though!

Wow impressive and I though my private tour of the Reed College Nuclear Reactor by my son was cool.

Excellent shots and love the humor -- physicists are some of the funniest people I know!

That isn't the experiment that will have a small chance of creating a black hole (or should I say "micro singularity") is it? Some lunatic (or is he?) is seeking an injunction to prevent the experiment.

mikerault wrote in post #5912310
That isn't the experiment that will have a small chance of creating a black hole (or should I say "micro singularity") is it? Some lunatic (or is he?) is seeking an injunction to prevent the experiment.

There is no danger of creating a black hole.

The entire huge assembly is simply to creaty a super microscopic reaction. In order to create a Black hole, we would have to create some kind of matter in with gravitational fields in excess of the speed of light, which is arguably almost impossible.

This project has been in the works for -who can say it accurately- 20 years?... Worse thing that can happen is radiation leak, and usually teach a lesson to those messing with it. Not even a tenth of Chernobyl style.

Anyhow, my take on it.

Wow...quite amazing

Actually a micro-singularity could be formed by opposing matter streams ("plasma") colliding each traveling near light speed. usually it is postulated they wouldn't capture enough matter to sustain themselves and would collapse before reaching a stable size.

http://www.brown.edu …urnal/vol26/26G​SJ10a.html

one of many articles about the process.

mikerault wrote in post #5912633
Actually a micro-singularity could be formed by opposing matter streams ("plasma") colliding each traveling near light speed. usually it is postulated they wouldn't capture enough matter to sustain themselves and would collapse before reaching a stable size.

http://www.brown.edu …urnal/vol26/26G​SJ10a.html

one of many articles about the process.

For those on a rush, read the last paragraph on that article.

Mike, thanks for sharing that link. It was a great read.

Cheers,

wu_wei0 wrote in post #5910291
Didier, these are awesome! you were so lucky.

Thanks Wu! And yes I was

flapzap wrote in post #5910889
Looks awesome...I got my degree in physics, though I don't do much with it now I did study some of these particle accelerators when i was in school....always wanted to see one in person.

And yes, physicists actually have a pretty good sense of humor.

It was a bit difficult to understand for people without any background in physics, but I enjoyed it tremendously (maybe because I could understand...)

PhotoJourno wrote in post #5910944
Impressive!!... into CERN's CMS with a Camera. I wouldn't have thought it was possible. (Now that I think about it, not sure why). I am a few mins from Livermore Natl Lab, and an hour from Stanford U., where I've seen their own little accelerator. Still, photographing it is always somehow an issue.

Great photos. Now if they turn the thing on and Klingons come out from the portal, I am not sure what is going to happen. I am working on my suit and aluminum hat, just in case though.

(BTW, the whole six month thing, they probably just want to keep you from ruining your gear).

I also thought I couldn't come with a camera. But I asked and they said I could take everything I wanted. I wonder how they would have reacted if I had asked where I could plug my strobes

Re: the 6 months thing. No, it's not to protect my gear (anyhow, i don't have any authorization to go down there. It is the first time they are doing an experiment where the radioactive dose is lethal if you enter at the wrong moment...

DigitalSpecialist wrote in post #5911131
I am very jealous, I would love to be there with you. Not my field of study in the area of physics though!

Not my field either, but still fascinating!

kenyc wrote in post #5911872
Wow impressive and I though my private tour of the Reed College Nuclear Reactor by my son was cool.

Excellent shots and love the humor -- physicists are some of the funniest people I know!

Yes, they have great humor...

mikerault wrote in post #5912310
That isn't the experiment that will have a small chance of creating a black hole (or should I say "micro singularity") is it? Some lunatic (or is he?) is seeking an injunction to prevent the experiment.

Yes, it is this experiment. But it can't really create a black hole. The singularity would be too short lived to be able to do anything. And besides, the scales are so small, that it couldn't attract anything...

PhotoJourno wrote in post #5912465
There is no danger of creating a black hole.

The entire huge assembly is simply to creaty a super microscopic reaction. In order to create a Black hole, we would have to create some kind of matter in with gravitational fields in excess of the speed of light, which is arguably almost impossible.

This project has been in the works for -who can say it accurately- 20 years?... Worse thing that can happen is radiation leak, and usually teach a lesson to those messing with it. Not even a tenth of Chernobyl style.

Anyhow, my take on it.

Exactly MJ!

jra wrote in post #5912468
Wow...quite amazing

Thanks

mikerault wrote in post #5912633
Actually a micro-singularity could be formed by opposing matter streams ("plasma") colliding each traveling near light speed. usually it is postulated they wouldn't capture enough matter to sustain themselves and would collapse before reaching a stable size.

http://www.brown.edu …urnal/vol26/26G​SJ10a.html

one of many articles about the process.

Thanks for the l ink Mike. Very interesting!

Here is one more shot for all of you...

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ill cut a random wire

Cr4zYH3aD wrote in post #5913270
ill cut a random wire

Too late, I did it already