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When Muons Collide

Posted on December 12, 2010 by PlatoHagel

By Leah Hesla Illustration: Sandbox Studio When Fermilab physicist Steve Geer agreed to perform a calculation as part of a muon collider task force 10 years ago, he imagined he would show that the collider’s technical challenges were too difficult … Continue reading →

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The Penrose interpretation

Posted on December 10, 2010 by PlatoHagel

 ……….is a prediction of Sir Roger Penrose about the mass scale at which standard quantum mechanics will fail. This idea is inspired by quantum gravity, because it uses both the physical constants and .Penrose’s idea is a variant of objective … Continue reading →

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Quantum superposition

Posted on December 10, 2010 by PlatoHagel

Quantum mechanics Uncertainty principle Introduction · Mathematical formulations [show]Background Classical mechanicsOld quantum theoryInterference · Bra-ket notationHamiltonian [hide]Fundamental concepts Quantum state · Wave functionSuperposition · EntanglementComplementarity · Duality · UncertaintyMeasurement · ExclusionDecoherence · Ehrenfest theorem · Tunnelling [show]Experiments Double-slit experimentDavisson–Germer experimentStern–Gerlach experimentBell’s inequality experimentPopper’s experimentSchrödinger’s catElitzur–Vaidman bomb-testerQuantum eraser [show]Formulations Schrödinger … Continue reading →

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Time Dilation

Posted on December 9, 2010 by PlatoHagel

……. is a phenomenon (or two phenomena, as mentioned below) described by the theory of relativity. It can be illustrated by supposing that two observers are in motion relative to each other, or differently situated with regard to nearby gravitational … Continue reading →

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Muon

Posted on December 9, 2010 by PlatoHagel

The Moon‘s cosmic ray shadow, as seen in secondary muons generated by cosmic rays in the atmosphere, and detected 700 meters below ground, at the Soudan II detector. Composition: Elementary particle Particle statistics: Fermionic Group: Lepton Generation: Second Interaction: Gravity, … Continue reading →

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Conformal Cyclic Cosmology….

Posted on December 8, 2010 by PlatoHagel

Penrose’s Conformal Cyclic Cosmology, from one of his Pittsburgh lecture slides in June, 2009. Photo by Bryan W. Roberts Also see: BEFORE THE BIG BANG: AN OUTRAGEOUS NEW PERSPECTIVE AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR PARTICLE PHYSICS ……. (CCC) is a cosmological … Continue reading →

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Big Bounce

Posted on December 8, 2010 by PlatoHagel

Physical cosmology Universe · Big BangAge of the universeTimeline of the Big BangUltimate fate of the universe [show]Early universe Inflation · NucleosynthesisGWB · Neutrino backgroundCosmic microwave background [show]Expanding universe Redshift · Hubble’s lawMetric expansion of spaceFriedmann equationsFLRW metric [show]Structure Formation … Continue reading →

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Cyclic model

Posted on December 8, 2010 by PlatoHagel

Physical cosmology Universe · Big BangAge of the universeTimeline of the Big BangUltimate fate of the universe [show]Early universe Inflation · NucleosynthesisGWB · Neutrino backgroundCosmic microwave background [show]Expanding universe Redshift · Hubble’s lawMetric expansion of spaceFriedmann equationsFLRW metric [show]Structure Formation … Continue reading →

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Physical Cosmology

Posted on December 7, 2010 by PlatoHagel

Physical cosmology Physical cosmology Universe · Big BangAge of the universeTimeline of the Big BangUltimate fate of the universe [show]Early universe Inflation · NucleosynthesisGWB · Neutrino backgroundCosmic microwave background [show]Expanding universe Redshift · Hubble’s lawMetric expansion of spaceFriedmann equationsFLRW metric … Continue reading →

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Thinking Outside the Box, People Like Veneziano, Turok and Penrose

Posted on December 5, 2010 by PlatoHagel

Credit: V.G.Gurzadyan and R.Penrose Dark circles indicate regions in space where the cosmic microwave background has temperature variations that are lower than average. The features hint that the universe was born long before the Big Bang 13.7 billion years ago … Continue reading →

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