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by DCWhitworth
Fri Mar 08, 2024 9:37 pm
Forum: The Accelerator
Topic: 2024 Operation
Replies: 3
Views: 143

Re: 2024 Operation

*Excited squeaking noises*
by DCWhitworth
Thu Aug 25, 2022 8:44 am
Forum: End Of The World
Topic: Elon Musk
Replies: 2
Views: 5420

Re: Elon Musk

The LHC, the only man made object physically bigger than Elon Musk's ego.
by DCWhitworth
Thu Jul 07, 2022 9:15 pm
Forum: Off topic
Topic: Who's around?
Replies: 4
Views: 8961

Re: Who's around?

I hover around and keep the spam under control
by DCWhitworth
Wed Mar 09, 2022 10:58 pm
Forum: Off topic
Topic: Happy New Year!!!
Replies: 3
Views: 6831

Re: Happy New Year!!!

I've managed to avoid it despite working a school.
by DCWhitworth
Wed Jan 05, 2022 2:46 pm
Forum: End Of The World
Topic: Don't Look up (Spoiler alert!)
Replies: 5
Views: 9623

Re: Don't Look up (Spoiler alert!)

There are plenty better places to go looking for the doom of mankind #globalwarming Maybe that's why the press likes to hype up scare stories about things like the LHC, to distract from the real issues.
by DCWhitworth
Wed Jan 05, 2022 2:44 pm
Forum: Off topic
Topic: Happy New Year!!!
Replies: 3
Views: 6831

Re: Happy New Year!!!

I need a badge - "I survived 2021 !"
by DCWhitworth
Thu Dec 30, 2021 4:46 pm
Forum: End Of The World
Topic: Don't Look up (Spoiler alert!)
Replies: 5
Views: 9623

Re: Don't Look up (Spoiler alert!)

I don't know about this one but films about the destruction or potential destruction of earth are usually BS when it comes to the science.
by DCWhitworth
Fri Nov 12, 2021 2:25 pm
Forum: End Of The World
Topic: Mini Black Holes
Replies: 36
Views: 55658

Re: Mini Black Holes

I'm more for thinking that there's some sort of error in our understanding of physics. Both dark matter and dark energy seem like fudges to make our existing equations work. Seems much more likely that the exist equations are wrong. One reason for suggesting this is that we seem to have made so litt...
by DCWhitworth
Tue Oct 19, 2021 4:46 pm
Forum: The Accelerator
Topic: October 2021 Beam Tests + 2021/22 YETS
Replies: 34
Views: 41514

Re: October 2021 Beam Tests

So far so good ! Thanks for keeping us updated. Can’t wait to see the big beast back in business.
by DCWhitworth
Fri Oct 15, 2021 9:21 pm
Forum: The Accelerator
Topic: October 2021 Beam Tests + 2021/22 YETS
Replies: 34
Views: 41514

Re: October 2021 Beam Tests

<incoherent excited noises>
by DCWhitworth
Wed Apr 28, 2021 3:42 pm
Forum: The Accelerator
Topic: Cooling of last sector started! (About quench training)
Replies: 9
Views: 13661

Re: Cooling of last sector started! (About quench training)

Thanks for the info. If I recall the 2008 incident was caused by substandard welding on the electrical interconnects and also inadequate pressure release on the helium containment, which blew at least one magnet of it's mounts.
by DCWhitworth
Thu Apr 08, 2021 8:15 am
Forum: Science
Topic: CERN events public available online!
Replies: 1
Views: 7536

Re: CERN events public available online!

Thanks !
by DCWhitworth
Thu Mar 11, 2021 10:35 pm
Forum: The Accelerator
Topic: H- ions in the Linac 4: why this is so clever
Replies: 3
Views: 7549

Re: H- ions in the Linac 4: why this is so clever

That is startlingly elegant ! Instead of changing the polarity of the magnet, you change the polarity of the beam. And all you need is a very thin piece of carbon foil (I calculated 1 um from the article): https://accelconf.web.cern.ch/IPAC10/papers/thpeb030.pdf This is the very definition of geniu...
by DCWhitworth
Thu Mar 11, 2021 2:59 pm
Forum: The Accelerator
Topic: H- ions in the Linac 4: why this is so clever
Replies: 3
Views: 7549

Re: H- ions in the Linac 4: why this is so clever

That is startlingly elegant ! Instead of changing the polarity of the magnet, you change the polarity of the beam.
by DCWhitworth
Wed Aug 26, 2020 11:00 am
Forum: The Accelerator
Topic: LINAC 4 Online !
Replies: 2
Views: 9821

LINAC 4 Online !