Author Archives: PlatoHagel

Fractals and Antennas and The Economy

Posted on August 23, 2012 by PlatoHagel

 The intuitive framework has to recognize that you have already worked the angles and that such intuition is gathered from all that has been worked. This contradicts what you are saying. I am not saying it is right just that … Continue reading →

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John Mayer: Free Fallin’ (Live at the Nokia Theatre)

Posted on August 21, 2012 by PlatoHagel

http://youtu.be/20Ov0cDPZy8 Music video by John Mayer performing Free Fallin’. (c) 2008 Sony Music Entertainment Dialogos of Eide

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Sarah Parcak: Archeology from space and more

Posted on August 16, 2012 by PlatoHagel

 Sarah Parcak: Archeology from space  Sarah Parcak is an archaeologist and Egyptologist, and specializes in making the invisible past visible using 21st-century satellite technology. She co-directs the Survey and Excavation Projects in the Fayoum, Sinai, and Egypt’s East Delta with … Continue reading →

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Worldwide LHC Computing

Posted on August 15, 2012 by PlatoHagel

Grid Cafe  Individual computers also become more powerful, which means that computer grids are increasingly able to solve increasingly complex problems. All this computing power helps our scientists find solutions to the big questions, like climate change and sustainable power. … Continue reading →

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Architecture of Trigger System

Posted on August 14, 2012 by PlatoHagel

Block diagram of front-end electronics and its interface to Trigger, DAQ and Detector Control System. Detailed descriptions of the front-end architecture can be found in the following LHCb notes:EDMS715154, Requirements to the L1 front-end electronics.LHCb-2001-014, Requirements to the L0 front-end … Continue reading →

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Perseid Meteor Shower

Posted on August 10, 2012 by PlatoHagel

Visit http://science.nasa.gov/ for more. The Perseid meteor shower is underway. There’s more to see than meteors, however, when the shower peaks on August 11th through 13th. The brightest planets in the solar system are lining up in the middle of … Continue reading →

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Mechanical Converted Sounds of Operation

Posted on August 9, 2012 by PlatoHagel

MSL Curiosity’s Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer, with a ruler ChemCam: ChemCam is a suite of remote sensing instruments, including the first laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) system to be used for planetary science and a remote micro-imager (RMI). See also: Curiosity … Continue reading →

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Sphere and Sound Waves

Posted on August 8, 2012 by PlatoHagel

Don demonstrates water oscillations on a speaker in microgravity, and ZZ Top rocks the boat 250 miles above Earth.Science off the Sphere: Space Soundwaves So of course I might wonder about cymatics in space. It ‘s more the idea that … Continue reading →

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Antennae Starwave Formation

Posted on August 7, 2012 by PlatoHagel

Supernova explosions are enriching the intergalactic gas with elements like oxygen, iron, and silicon that will be incorporated into new generations of stars and planets X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/J.DePasquale; IR: NASA/JPL-Caltech; Optical: NASA/STScI A beautiful new image of two colliding galaxies has … Continue reading →

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Info From PI-CMS Workshop on LHC and More

Posted on August 7, 2012 by PlatoHagel

A slice of the CMS detector. Broadly speaking, the aim of the talk is to give the theorists in the audience anintroduction to state-of-the-art reconstruction (e.g. particle flow, techniques for dealing with high pile-up, the status of tau reconstruction) and … Continue reading →

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