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Quark-Gluon Plasma Observed At LHC

Posted by timothy on from the particular-particles dept.

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."

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  1. Thanks by Roger+W+Moore · · Score: 5, Informative

    Thanks, but it is actually an international effort with those of us in Canada working on ATLAS making up ~5% of the collaboration. For those with a more technical mind there is the actual paper which was accepted by PRL this morning (after being submitted yesterday!). To give you an idea of what the events actually look like you can go here. As you can see there are around 1,000 tracks in a typical event!

  2. Re:As a Canadian, I like to watch... by Sulphur · · Score: 4, 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.