you won't find it here » BIG BANG http://youwontfindithere.com Fri, 24 Jun 2011 17:41:10 +0000 en hourly 1 SMARTER THAN http://youwontfindithere.com/2008/09/17/smarter-than/ http://youwontfindithere.com/2008/09/17/smarter-than/#comments Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:52:46 +0000 Mike Piscitelli http://youwontfindithere.com/?p=706 Some days I wake up and feel luckier than usual. A couple weeks ago I had one of those days… My friend Mikey is in a “big” band which sometimes affords him the opportunity to do some amazing things. Last year on a day off in Europe Mikey got visit CERN in Geneva. Its been in the news a lot lately due to a bunch of crazies worried its going to create a black hole that swallows us all…

On his visit he befriended Dr. Brian Cox who is the head physisits of the ATALS program. While Brian was in LA I got the chance to spend some time with him and get a rough understanding of what it is that he does.

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CERN’s LHC is big and really expensive. 100 meters underground, 27 km long and has cost close to 8 billion dollars so far.

A man who really wants to find the Higgs Boson.

The LHC is operational and is presently in the process of being prepared for collisions. The first beams were circulated through the collider on 10 September 2008, and the first high-energy collisions are expected to take place after 6-8 weeks!

Multi platinum musician / Science Groupie…

Brian promised us that we would not be sucked up by the LHC… I guess we will find out soon.

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