Quark-Gluon Plasma Observed At LHC 155
Canadian_Daemon writes "A phase of matter created moments after the Big Bang is thought to have been detected at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland. 'Striking' evidence of a quark-gluon plasma has been observed by a team of researchers, including Canadians, at the facility near Geneva, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) announced Friday."
Re:As a Canadian, I like to watch... (Score:2, Informative)
As long as it's not windy, I don't care. That's what boots, coats, hats, sweaters, gloves, etc., are made for.
Not warm enough? Put on another layer and MOVE AROUND! You'll warm up to it.
Winter's not going to go away for a few months, so might as well enjoy it.
-- Barbie
Flag should be a white cross on a red background (Score:2, Informative)
Why there's a red maple leaf there is beyond me.
I'm a Canadian and like to toot our own horn but this was done by an international consortium in Geneva.
C'mon guys. Get the story straight.
Re:Including Canadians, and... (Score:3, Informative)
1. Quark gluon plasmas are rare in Switzerland
2. Canadians are rare in Switzerland
3. Therefore, anything related to quark gluon plasmas is intrinsically Canadian in nature
this is all perfectly logical
Thanks (Score:5, Informative)
RHIC (Score:4, Informative)
Re:As a Canadian, I like to watch... (Score:5, Informative)
I think the comment was simply to emphasize the canadian angle as it was reported on CBC.
Not obtuse or acute, its just right.
Re:Thanks (Score:4, Informative)
I was wondering why the submitter included the part "including Canadians". What was that supposed to mean? Why was it there? Like, it's in Europe but someone from America was there too! Moronic submitter.
Actually, its from the article source which is the CBC -- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. It's just the local news agency pointing out that locals were involved in the experiment.
Re:Thanks (Score:3, Informative)
Not exactly, I get (however small) new work units semi-regularly. Possibly in every month of this year there was something.
Re:Thanks (Score:3, Informative)
Now if they would issue 64-bit jobs for Linux hosts on LHC@Home, I would totally help!
Actually you would probably not want to help for long! Analyzing data from an experiment is I/O intensive as well as CPU intensive plus the executables are very large and require ~2GB/core to run so they are not really a suitable scale for an @home project unfortunately.
Re:Thanks (Score:3, Informative)
Yawn.. and I say thanks as an American taxpayer that RHIC was first
It's true that RHIC came before the LHC but the SPS and ISR came well before RHIC and none of these have really produced compelling evidence of a QGP. However don't worry - as an American taxpayer you also helped pay for the LHC, so thanks!
Re:Am I missing something? (Score:2, Informative)