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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. As a Canadian, I like to watch... by thomasdz · · Score: 3, Insightful

    What a strange thing to say: "observed by a team of researchers, including Canadians"
    Does this mean the Canadians aren't team players or they weren't researchers (were they just tourists?)
    This Canadian wants to know!

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    1. Re:As a Canadian, I like to watch... by PPH · · Score: 5, Funny

      Canadians tend to be skeptics.

      Oh, I don't know about that.

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    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.

  2. Quark-Gluon Plasma Observed At LHC by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm glad the OP mentioned that Canadians had a hand in this. Otherwise I would have assumed they didn't.

  3. Re:Quark Glue-ons by phrostie · · Score: 3, Funny

    +1 funny

  4. Eh! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Canadian observes quark-gluon plasma, then immediately apologizes.

  5. Including Canadians, and... by chebucto · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'm a canuck and would be happy to celebrate a discovery by my compatriots, but it doesn't make much sense to say the team that made this ion-shattering discovery 'included canadians' when it included a lot of other nationalities too.

    From TFA:

    Canadians make up more than 150 of the researchers involved in ATLAS.

    From Wiki:

    The project is led by Fabiola Gianotti and involves roughly 2,000 scientists and engineers at 165 institutions in 35 countries.

    So.. how about we say 'Horray for people!' or something like that.

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  6. Quark-Gluon Plasma? by TrisexualPuppy · · Score: 5, Funny

    I have seen this quark-gluon plasma one other time. My, it has been a while. I never thought I'd see a resonance cascade, let alone create one. But there, at that point, we did it. At Black Mesa. We...unleashed...Gordon, you're alive! Thank God for that hazard suit. I'm afraid to move him and all our phones are out. Please get to the surface as soon as you can and let someone know we're stranded down here. You'll need me to access the retinal scanners. I'm sure the rest of the science team will gladly he$EOF

  7. 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!

    1. Re:Thanks by Heed00 · · Score: 3, Informative

      I was wondering why the submitter included the part "including Canadians". What was that supposed to mean? Why was it there? Like, it's in Europe but someone from America was there too! Moronic submitter.

      Actually, its from the article source which is the CBC -- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. It's just the local news agency pointing out that locals were involved in the experiment.

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  8. RHIC by Lawrence_Bird · · Score: 3, Informative

    all the Candian jokes are nice and all.. but this really was about trying to make people think CERN is the only thing going on in HEP or nuclear physics. Not so, and this is not a first as RHIC was there first. Glad to see CERN is catching up though.

  9. Re:Offensive by Black+Gold+Alchemist · · Score: 3, Funny

    "This experimental setup was so simple, that your grandmother could understand it."

    Two choices, pick one or both:
    This experimental setup was so simple, even the president could understand it.
    This experimental setup was so simple, even the former president could understand it.


    Fixed that for em'.

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