Author Archives: PlatoHagel

Beyond Spacetime?

Posted on August 26, 2006 by PlatoHagel

As well as bringing the accelerator’s counter-rotating beams together, LHC insertion magnets also have to separate them after collision. This is the job of dedicated separators, and the US Brookhaven Laboratory is developing superconducting magnets for this purpose. Brookhaven is … Continue reading →

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Dark Matter Discovery Announced by Nasa

Posted on August 23, 2006 by PlatoHagel

Q relayed some information between B and Sean, so I thought I would follow up. One thing that is forefront of my mind here, is lensing, and how photonic expression of the event is govern by the inclinations of gravity. … Continue reading →

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Gravitational Wave Detectors are Best Described as "Sounds."

Posted on August 21, 2006 by PlatoHagel

Weber developed an experiment using a large suspended bar of aluminum, with a high resonant Q at a frequency of about 1 kH; the oscillation of the bar after it had been excited could be measured by a series of … Continue reading →

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Doors, Windows, and Shingles

Posted on August 21, 2006 by PlatoHagel

Last Thursday the 17 of August, my son and I were able to get the windows and doors into the house. It’s quite an accomplishement for me, as the height issue is a troubling one for me. So climbing the … Continue reading →

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Cyclic Universe Could Explain Cosmological Constant

Posted on August 17, 2006 by PlatoHagel

Thanks Paul for pointing this article out here some time ago. Physicists have proposed several theories to explain why Λ is so small. One of the most popular — the “anthropic principle” — states that Λ is randomly set and … Continue reading →

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Newton the Alchemist

Posted on August 15, 2006 by PlatoHagel

Newton’s Translation of the Emerald Tablet It is true without lying, certain and most true. That which is Below is like that which is Above and that which is Above is like that which is Below to do the miracles … Continue reading →

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# 184 Metamorphosis

Posted on August 13, 2006 by PlatoHagel

“A Nuance” can be a compelling thing for the soul as it seeks to understand why something has caught it’s attention. IN that case, I pointed out the relation to Einstein’s “early life” and the compass as an example. IN … Continue reading →

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From the Stillness Born

Posted on August 13, 2006 by PlatoHagel

Can harmonic oscillators serve as a bridge between quantum mechanics and special relativity? “Daddy, is this the World,” my young son asks, as we drive through the neighborhood with which we lived. This still sits deep in my conscious mind, … Continue reading →

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At What "Point" does the Universe Make itself Known?

Posted on August 12, 2006 by PlatoHagel

According to the basic laws of physics, every wavelength of electromagnetic radiation corresponds to a specific amount of energy. The NIST/ILL team determined the value for energy in the Einstein equation, E = mc2, by carefully measuring the wavelength of … Continue reading →

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The Game of Life

Posted on August 10, 2006 by PlatoHagel

if experimenters have free will, then so do elementary particles.–John Horton Conway <a href="http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Conway.html " target=_BLank title="John Conway-Born: 26 Dec 1937 in Liverpool, England http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/history/PictDisplay/Conway.html”&gt; What prompted this article here is the one of JoAnne of Cosmic variance writes here … Continue reading →

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