Author Archives: PlatoHagel

Bon Iver – Holocene (Official Music Video)

Posted on February 5, 2012 by PlatoHagel

My misses watched them on Saturday Night Live last night so I thought it worth the peek since she knows well my taste in music. You must admit the video is done well in concert with this music. It sort … Continue reading →

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Word Picture

Posted on February 2, 2012 by PlatoHagel

 Undoubtedly we have no questions to ask which are unanswerable . We must trust the perfection of the creation so far, as to believe that whatever curiosity the order of things has awakened in our minds, the order of things … Continue reading →

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The dimensionality and geometry of the extra dimensions

Posted on January 28, 2012 by PlatoHagel

We investigate possible signatures of black hole events at the LHC in the hypothesis that such objects will not evaporate completely, but leave a stable remnant. For the purpose of de fining a reference scenario, we have employed the publicly … Continue reading →

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Quantum state

Posted on January 25, 2012 by PlatoHagel

Probability densities for the electron of a hydrogen atom in different quantum states.(Click on Image) In physics, a quantum state is a set of mathematical variables that fully describes a quantum system. *** Is there such a thing, as isometrical … Continue reading →

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The Physics of Reality

Posted on January 25, 2012 by PlatoHagel

Roger Penrose discusses his experiment on the BBC (25 minutes in) Melvyn Bragg examines the physics of reality. When Quantum Mechanics was developed in the early 20th century reality changed forever. In the quantum world particles could be in two … Continue reading →

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SOHO Latest and Space Weather

Posted on January 25, 2012 by PlatoHagel

EIT 304 A large solar flare yesterday triggered a coronal mass ejection travelling at 1400 km/s that will reach Earth today. An energetic eruption of this level can disrupt satellites, so operation teams at ESA and other organisations are closely … Continue reading →

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ALICE EMCal installation with Peter Jacobs

Posted on January 24, 2012 by PlatoHagel

Researcher Peter Jacobs explains what’s happening as the final pieces of the ALICE experiment’s electromagnetic calorimeter, or EMCal, are installed on Jan. 18 2012. Check out the symmetry breaking story for more.   Jan 4, 2011 EMCAL Super Module installation … Continue reading →

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Atlas Experiment Simulated Black Hole Photos

Posted on January 19, 2012 by PlatoHagel

ATLAS Experiment © 2011 CERN  A new view of a black hole event. ATLAS collision events. In some theories, microscopic black holes may be produced in particle collisions that occur when very-high-energy cosmic rays hit particles in our atmosphere. These … Continue reading →

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A Historical Look at Kaluza-Klein Particles?

Posted on January 18, 2012 by PlatoHagel

In 1919, Kaluza sent Albert Einstein a preprint — later published in 1921 — that considered the extension of general relativity to five dimensions. He assumed that the 5-dimensional field equations were simply the higher-dimensional version of the vacuum Einstein … Continue reading →

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WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE DEEP, ELEGANT, OR BEAUTIFUL EXPLANATION?

Posted on January 15, 2012 by PlatoHagel

Scientists’ greatest pleasure comes from theories that derive the solution to some deep puzzle from a small set of simple principles in a surprising way. These explanations are called “beautiful” or “elegant”. Historical examples are Kepler’s explanation of complex planetary … Continue reading →

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