Comments on: And this is what happens when you open the collimators http://www.quantumdiaries.org/2008/09/10/and-this-is-what-happens-when-you-turn-open-the-collimators/ Thoughts on work and life from particle physicists from around the world. Fri, 24 May 2013 07:05:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Brenda Ordonez http://www.quantumdiaries.org/2008/09/10/and-this-is-what-happens-when-you-turn-open-the-collimators/#comment-3111 Brenda Ordonez Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:51:44 +0000 http://blogs.uslhc.us/?p=358#comment-3111 Hi Freya,

Re the Higgs, how will you know what to look for? Do you (scientists) know its signature? If you’ve never seen it, how can you know it? Sorry if these questions are lamely put. This is such a brain crusher for me, I can’t think how to frame questions.

Thanks for any light you can shed on recognizing the Higgs particle.

]]> By: Freya Blekman http://www.quantumdiaries.org/2008/09/10/and-this-is-what-happens-when-you-turn-open-the-collimators/#comment-3110 Freya Blekman Thu, 11 Sep 2008 09:09:01 +0000 http://blogs.uslhc.us/?p=358#comment-3110 Dear Honoria and Lyne,

The results we showed Today are only a proof that both the accelerator and the detectors work. We still have a very long way to go. We need billions and billions of collisions before we can start examining the smallest constituents of matter and how they interact.

Note that fortunately the electromagnetic field was already harnessed many years ago (otherwise for example you would not be able to read this on your computer screen), but if you want to know more about what we are *really* looking for I propose you take a look here:

http://www.particleadventure.org/

]]> By: Honoria Dormia http://www.quantumdiaries.org/2008/09/10/and-this-is-what-happens-when-you-turn-open-the-collimators/#comment-3109 Honoria Dormia Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:17:02 +0000 http://blogs.uslhc.us/?p=358#comment-3109 TO attain the necessary temperature and collision theoretically at the birth of the BIG BANG if there is indeed ONE;will you be any closer to harnessing the electromagnetic field and applying it to travel and eliminating time as we know it?

]]> By: Lyne Cantin http://www.quantumdiaries.org/2008/09/10/and-this-is-what-happens-when-you-turn-open-the-collimators/#comment-3108 Lyne Cantin Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:37:53 +0000 http://blogs.uslhc.us/?p=358#comment-3108 Hi CERN team, I think the world needs to know what your first analysis of the results are. Can you please publicly comment on the first findings?

]]> By: Freya Blekman http://www.quantumdiaries.org/2008/09/10/and-this-is-what-happens-when-you-turn-open-the-collimators/#comment-3107 Freya Blekman Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:02:00 +0000 http://blogs.uslhc.us/?p=358#comment-3107 Actually, before I continue by filling up the blog: most event displays are posted by the CMS collaboration here:

http://cmsdoc.cern.ch/cms/performance/FirstBeam/cms-e-commentary.htm

Enjoy,

Freya

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