Author Archives: PlatoHagel

Particle Constructs

Posted on April 27, 2012 by PlatoHagel

Several large experimental groups are hot on the trail of this elusive subatomic particle which is thought to explain the origins of particle mass.  Higgs Update Today What use the Higg’s Mechanism? Just as one might look at GRB examples … Continue reading →

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Infographics: Magnifying the Universe

Posted on April 27, 2012 by PlatoHagel

I thought this kind of neat and wondered…..maybe a scientist could correct if any misrepresentation is evident in the following demonstration. The Universe made possible by Number Sleuth Dialogos of Eide

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Brian Greene: Why is our universe fine-tuned for life?

Posted on April 25, 2012 by PlatoHagel

At the heart of modern cosmology is a mystery: Why does our universe appear so exquisitely tuned to create the conditions necessary for life? In this tour de force tour of some of science’s biggest new discoveries, Brian Greene shows … Continue reading →

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Do Gamma rays hint at dark matter?

Posted on April 25, 2012 by PlatoHagel

Using a new statistical technique to analyse publicly available data from NASA’s Fermi Space Telescope, an astrophysicist in Germany says he may have spotted a tell-tale sign of exotic particles annihilating within the Milky Way. If proved to be real, … Continue reading →

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What Does the Higgs Jet Energy Sound Like?

Posted on April 24, 2012 by PlatoHagel

Top quark and anti top quark pair decaying into jets, visible as collimated collections of particle tracks, and other fermions in the CDF detector at Tevatron. HiggsJetEnergyProfileCrotale  and HiggsJetEnergyProfilePiano use only the energy of the cells in the jet to … Continue reading →

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Songs of the Stars: the Real Music of the Spheres

Posted on April 24, 2012 by PlatoHagel

With the discovery of sound waves in the CMB, we have entered a new era of precision cosmology in which we can begin to talk with certainty about the origin of structure and the content of matter and energy in … Continue reading →

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Near-Future Photon-Collider Setups

Posted on April 23, 2012 by PlatoHagel

In the search for a quantum theory of gravity it is crucial to find experimental access to quantum gravitational effects. Since these are expected to be very small at observationally accessible scales it is advantageous to consider processes with no … Continue reading →

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A Musical Score on Particles?

Posted on April 23, 2012 by PlatoHagel

Schema created by Vicinanza with an example bubble chamber particle track, which has been converted into a melody and then orchestrated as music. Image courtesy Domenico Vicinanza. Positrons – antiparticles of electrons, a trillionth of a meter in size – … Continue reading →

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Lagrangian Worlds

Posted on April 21, 2012 by PlatoHagel

Diagram of the Lagrange Point gravitational forces associated with the Sun-Earth system. In a certain sense a perfect fluid is a generalization of a point particle. This leads to the question as to what is the corresponding generalization for extended … Continue reading →

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A Blue Flash in Ice

Posted on April 21, 2012 by PlatoHagel

Little is known about the ultra high-energy cosmic rays that regularly penetrate the atmosphere. Recent IceCube research rules out the leading theory that they come from gamma ray bursts. (Credit: NSF/J. Yang) Future directions  The lack of observation of neutrinos … Continue reading →

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