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Making Hadrons Collide

As scientists fire up the Large Hadron Collider (no word yet on the Small Hadron Collider) after its 14-month revamp, The Big Picture takes a look behind the scenes:

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[Photo: Wikimedia user Rama / CC BY-SA]

"A radiofrequency chamber of the LHC. Radiofrequency chambers give a kick to the protons once per circuit to increase their speed."

I'd hate to see the instruction manual for that thing. "Take the male end of tube G and connect to nozzle 37 and the female end to nozzle 54, then the male end of tube H to nozzle 41 and the female end to nozzle 97, then….."

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2 responses to “Making Hadrons Collide”

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    DaninVan

    “Gustav! We’ve got one end left over?!”
    That has an eerie resemblance to the mess under my computer desk.

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  2. TDK Avatar
    TDK

    “I’d hate to see the instruction manual for that thing. “Take the male end of tube G and connect to nozzle 37 and the female end to nozzle 54, then the male end of tube H to nozzle 41 and the female end to nozzle 97, then…..”
    There’s something I forgot to
    tell you.
    VENKMAN
    What?
    SPENGLER
    (emphatic)
    Don’t cross the beams.
    VENKMAN
    Why not?
    SPENGLER
    Trust me. It will be bad.
    VENKMAN
    What do you mean “bad?”
    SPENGLER
    It’s hard to explain, but try to imagine
    all life as you know it stopping
    instantaneously and finding yourself
    confined forever in another dimension.

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