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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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Physicists show strengthened signals of Higgs-like particle in publications

Posted on August 2, 2012 by PlatoHagel

Protons collide in the CMS detector at 8 TeV, forming Z bosons which decay into electrons (green lines) and muons (red). Such an event is compatible with the decay of a Standard Model Higgs boson. Image: CMS The CMS and … Continue reading →

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Silica Garden Illustrating Mineral "Vegetation"

Posted on July 28, 2012 by PlatoHagel

In Newton’s day, a silica garden was usually made by placing ferric chloride lumps in a solution of potassium silicate, as in the following demonstration. See: Multimedia Lab Isaac Newton is known today as one of the most profound scientists … Continue reading →

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Vacationing On Vancouver Island

Posted on July 24, 2012 by PlatoHagel

 Along the beach in Parksville there was a sand sculpture contest going on. Here is a video of the sculptures and how they were being made. They all  looked pretty neat. Here are some pictures I took of the finished … Continue reading →

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Merging Galaxy Cluster Abell 520

Posted on July 14, 2012 by PlatoHagel

Merging Galaxy Cluster Abell 520 This composite image shows the distribution of dark matter, galaxies, and hot gas in the core of the merging galaxy cluster Abell 520, formed from a violent collision of massive galaxy clusters.  The natural-color image … Continue reading →

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Darkside

Posted on July 5, 2012 by PlatoHagel

Image credit: Yury Suvorov for the DarkSide collaboration A leading candidate explanation, motivated by supersymmetry theory, is that dark matter is comprised of as yet undiscovered Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) formed in the early universe and subsequently gravitationally clustered … Continue reading →

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Methods to Discovery Real Science

Posted on July 3, 2012 by PlatoHagel

 I guess in a sense one is looking for the best resource information they can in order to have the right data in front f them when they are trying to understand the science process. So that what this psst … Continue reading →

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Nima Arkani-Hamed on Maximally Supersymmetric Theories

Posted on July 1, 2012 by PlatoHagel

Could Nature, LHC prefer N=2 supersymmetry?  SW: Can you explain to us some of the places where supersymmetry shows up in these various theories, and what it does for you when it does show up?  Let me back up for one … Continue reading →

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Tom Campbell: Calgary Theory

Posted on June 27, 2012 by PlatoHagel

 Tom Campbell begins his full workshop”Reality 101″ presentation at the University of Calgary. The Friday video is a short overview of his full workshop. Sunday’s presentation in three parts completes the series. See Also: Tom Campbell: Calgary Theory only (Sat) … Continue reading →

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