Large Hadron Collider

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Large Hadron Collider

Post by wucheeyiun »

Nice photos...

Black hole in the making [smilie=dong.gif]

10 sept 2008

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/0 ... lider.html
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Finally!
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If they succeed in creating some tachyon particles, maybe we can go back and buy that winning 4D number! But wow..its amazing the level of investment they put in for such a project to create a blackhole that is microscopic and which lasts a fraction of a second... [smilie=admire2.gif]
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For those who are not sure what this collider is about, take a look at this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j50ZssEojtM
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