Author Archives: PlatoHagel

Geometry Leads us to the Truth?

Posted on October 6, 2011 by PlatoHagel

“The end he (the artist) strives for is something else than a perfectly executed print. His aim is to depict dreams, ideas, or problems in such a way that other people can observe and consider them.” – M.C. Escher I … Continue reading →

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Proton Collision ->Decay to Muons and Muon Neutrinos ->Tau Neutrino ->

Posted on October 5, 2011 by PlatoHagel

…..tau lepton may travel some tens of microns before decaying back into neutrino and charged tracks  Before I comment on the result, let me give you a little background on the whole thing. Opera is a very innovative concept in … Continue reading →

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Cherenkov radiation

Posted on October 4, 2011 by PlatoHagel

Taking the formalisms of electromagnetic radiation and supposing a tachyon had an electric charge—as there is no reason to suppose a priori that tachyons must be either neutral or charged—then a charged tachyon must lose energy as Cherenkov radiation[15]—just as … Continue reading →

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P.I. Chats: Faster-than-light neutrinos?

Posted on October 4, 2011 by PlatoHagel

Measurements by GPS confirm that the neutrinos identified by the Super-Kamiokande detector were indeed produced on the east coast of Japan. The physicists therefore estimate that the results obtained point to a 99.3% probability that electron neutrino appearance was detected.Neutrino … Continue reading →

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Latest News At Cern

Posted on October 4, 2011 by PlatoHagel

 What’s new @CERN ? a new video programme launched on webcast.cern.ch , every first Monday of the Month. For the first one, the themes are the results of the LHC experiments about Higgs boson, standard model and supersymmetry, and also … Continue reading →

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Neural Connections?

Posted on October 4, 2011 by PlatoHagel

Wiki Growth Over Time  This is a project conducted by ChrisDavis and IgorNikolic to visualize the growth of wiki.tudelft.nl since its beginning in late 2004. Since then, it has grown to over 10,000 pages, and is now part of the … Continue reading →

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Cassiopeia A

Posted on September 29, 2011 by PlatoHagel

In conclusion, we have a rich panorama of experiments that all make use of neutrinos as probes of exotic phenomena as well as processes which we have to measure better to gain understanding of fundamental physics as well as gather … Continue reading →

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Measurement of the neutrino velocity with the OPERA detector in the CNGS beam

Posted on September 26, 2011 by PlatoHagel

We know already why the neutrinos could go faster and what new experiments this suggests, why it does not imply time travel or violates causality, and why it is somewhat expected for neutrinos. Now let us focus on what kind … Continue reading →

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Relativistic Time Dilation in Muon Decay

Posted on September 26, 2011 by PlatoHagel

According to Einstein’s special theory of relativity, a clock moving at a significant fraction of the speed of light with respect to an observer runs more slowly than the observer’s own clock. This implies that time must be flowing more … Continue reading →

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Scientists Have Found Unexplained Force?

Posted on September 25, 2011 by PlatoHagel

Both radio observations with the VLBA and optical observations with the Hubble Space Telescope have measured the motions of concentrations of material in M87’s jets, and have shown the material to be moving at apparent speeds greater than that of … Continue reading →

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