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Old November 8th 10, 03:04 PM posted to sci.astro
jacob navia[_5_]
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Default LHC switches from smashing protons, to smashing Lead ions

Le 08/11/10 13:09, Jan Panteltje a écrit :
On a sunny day (Sun, 07 Nov 2010 22:47:40 -0500) it happened Yousuf Khan
wrote :

UK Scientists Celebrate Mini Big Bangs As Lead Ion Collides
"At these temperatures even protons
and neutrons, which make up the nuclei of atoms, melt resulting in a hot
dense soup of quarks and gluons known as a Quark-Gluon Plasma. By
studying this plasma, physicists hope to learn more about the Strong
Force, one of the four fundamental forces of nature."
http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/UK...lides_999.html


So you really think that by crashing 2 cars together at zillion MPH
you will understand modern engines?


You can begin to understand engines by taking them apart. That is
essentially what the LHC is doing