Behold the Large Hadron Collider

Gallery [Boston]

[#1 posted by zuzu , August 1, 2008 4:18 PM]

Gentlemen!

p.s. Is this where Danny Boyle filmed Sunshine? ;)

[#2 posted by yasth , August 1, 2008 4:59 PM]

It is f*cking gorgeous

[#3 posted by Rob Beschizza , August 1, 2008 4:59 PM]

Large Hadron Collider is Large

[#4 posted by cubey , August 1, 2008 5:22 PM]

I can't see the large hadrons in that picture. If they're so "large", why can't we see them? :)

[#5 posted by trr , August 1, 2008 5:35 PM]

You're joking, but someone might be wondering if "large hadrons" are something real. No. The "large" is modifying "hadron collider", not "hadron".

Very nice pictures. Almost gave me a hadron.

[#6 posted by controlbroke , August 1, 2008 6:14 PM]

Is that the LHC? or are you just pleased to see me.

[#7 posted by zuzu , August 1, 2008 6:24 PM]

You're joking, but someone might be wondering if "large hadrons" are something real.

And those someones are why it was built in Europe and not North America.

In the United States, they mostly also believe in an imaginary friend who can help them with their problems -- using magic! No large hadrons required.

[#8 posted by controlbroke , August 1, 2008 6:46 PM]

He can do magic, magic, magic!
Magic a rabbit, eight feet high

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zuzu, you know what you did was naughty. go stand in the corner and think about it.

[#9 posted by Rob Beschizza , August 1, 2008 6:56 PM]

Hadron thisaway, Hadron thataway
Hadron thisaway, My oh my

[#10 posted by Garr , August 2, 2008 2:33 AM]

Zuzu: They already have one, below New York (City?), don't they? Not sure if it's a hadron collider tho.

This thing is going to become the coldest place in the universe (according to BCC News)

[#11 posted by Garr , August 2, 2008 2:55 AM]

By the way, The Economist, issue August 2nd has a story covering the theories phyisicists might try to prove with it.

[#12 posted by strider_mt2k , August 2, 2008 4:49 AM]

They made it really big so they wouldn't have to sweep all the particles out as often.

[#13 posted by ridestowe , August 2, 2008 5:57 AM]

my god, it's full of stars!

[#14 posted by ed_g , August 2, 2008 1:10 PM]

Jings, reminds me of Event Horizon... eek!

[#15 posted by Anonymous , August 2, 2008 3:26 PM]

I would pay a lot to just push the button and tell everyone I simulated the big bang this morning. And it not be, you know, my usual masturbation joke.

[#16 posted by rg , August 2, 2008 4:16 PM]

Sure looks like water in the center. Are you sure this isn't a StarGate?

[#17 posted by Latente , August 3, 2008 5:25 AM]

Smashing Proton for Fun and Profit

[#18 posted by Anonymous , August 3, 2008 11:41 PM]

The end of the world never looked so beautiful.

[#19 posted by MarlboroTestMonkey7 , August 4, 2008 2:11 PM]

What is that dark mushy thing at the end of the tunnel? The black hole that will suck us? Or simply an Old One?

[#20 posted by trr , August 4, 2008 2:12 PM]

Zuzu,
Have you heard of the Tevatron, or does your anti-US prejudice somehow prevent you from having knowledge of things that contradict your view?

[#21 posted by Latente , August 5, 2008 5:11 AM]

and what about the
large hamster collider?

http://flickr.com/photos/e-coli/2729595304/

[#22 posted by Anonymous , September 12, 2008 5:40 PM]

From Emily LaTella:

What's so scientific about a Large Hardon Collider? So what if the Hardons gather speed for 17 miles before Colliding, the end result is always the same. I think Small Hardon Colliders deserve an equal share of discussion.

OH! Large Hadron Collider! NEVER MIND!