Fermilab Accelerator Part 2

[arivas713]

COOL!-SUBSCRIBED!-THUMBS UP!-FAVORITED!-NUFF SAID!

[suburbanryder]

@arivas713 Thank you. :)

[Fudmottin]

I didn't know there were different types of neutrinos. Do they all have no charge? The mention of "electron neutrinos" made me think that some do. I know how to steer something with an electric charge. But not something with neutral charge.

The absorption experiment sounds interesting. Is the amount of matter the beam must pass through already known?

[suburbanryder]

There is the electron and positron which have opposite charges one negative and one positive. Then there is the neutrino originally called a "neutron" which had to be changed for obvious reasons. The name meant "neutral" electron. So as far as is known all types of neutrinos carry no electrical charge. If they did then they would react with matter just like an electron.

[suburbanryder]

About the last question since he is talking about ratios at the detector I don't think the very few losses on the trip to the Minnesota detector would even factor in. The loss rate in several hundred miles of earth would have so many zeros to the right of the decimal that they may not even care.

I will ask him when I see him.

[RC62]

This stuff is WAY COOL! love it! :^)

[suburbanryder]

Ahhhh..... science geek too Eh?

:-)

[RC62]

Yep... I love science and technology.

I am smart enough to understand a lot of it when it's explained to me. But not smart enough to be a physicist or super geek. :^)

[Whitebuck86]

very cool!

[suburbanryder]

Thanks my friend.

[budlac]

Whoo! This series excites me. I finish the video and then hope to see the next part pop up in my sub box seconds later ;)

It is cool to see that place almost first hand

[suburbanryder]

I should get the next part up this weekend.

[budlac]

can't wait! P.s. that pendulum is so cool :D

[davidhowellca]

Whoa...that place is HUGE!!

Yes...I agree with Downgr4de. I'm feeling rather...unintelligent right about now. Well informed though :)

[suburbanryder]

A physicist once said, If anyone tells you they understand quantum physics, then they are either a fool or a liar."

[suburbanryder]

Thanks Cip. Lots more to come.

[boobtubeviewr]

Use wikipedia [or scholarpedia] as ur whiteboard. Simply paste in a few links to relevant articles in the vid description :-)

[suburbanryder]

I may do that if I lack time, although I prefer personal talking descriptions. For some people they catch on better that way than reading.

My first source is usually wikipedia for these things when I have to brush up on my science.

[boobtubeviewr]

Have a look at scholarpedia for this particular series as well. They have fantastic articles on this kind of subject matter. Just an thought tho :-)

[boobtubeviewr]

I understand about not wanting to read long articles. I tend to use screen-readers quite a bit, that way I can read without actually reading.

That's what I'd like to see YT do - have a feature where u can listen rather than read comments. I think that would be so much more efficient imo.

[KeukaRyder]

"Screen readers". Interesting.

Did you ever see "Three Days of the Condor"?

[boobtubeviewr]

Screen-readers is a bit vague I guess. I use TTS a great deal tho - so much more efficient than reading sometimes. I can listen to sped up playback of spoken text while I do something else on another tab.

I posted many comments up until the system started malfunctioning. I wanted to get used to the system. I can't tho, I don't like it at all. I frequently stick to video & never bother to read comments.

I've seen the movie, but I'm not getting ur reference tho. I'll watch it again on DVR ;^)

[KeukaRyder]

Re: Condor

The part where the DEC machine is turning pages of a book and reading the text. When I saw that back 1975-6 I thought it was long way off.

Hmmm...it has been 34 years...I guess it was a long way off.

[boobtubeviewr]

:-)

TTS is getting more common tho. Many portable devices are enabled with it now, altho publishers & authors seem to want extra $ from e-book readers because they view it as a 'performance' of their work. Those folks are such Luddites.

Many blogs also have the option to listen to articles. Sped up playback is great & you'll be surprised by how quickly ur mind adjusts to the speed. In fact, I've gotten so spoiled that now normal speed playback seems painfully slow to have to endure ;-)

[KeukaRyder]

"performance"?! Sheesh.

I can believe one can get spoiled listening instead of reading.

[boobtubeviewr]

Hopefully YT will eventually have the ability to adjust playback speeds natively within the player. Having audio enabled comments (also with playback speed adjustment) would be great too.

IMO, watching & listening to others is the most natural (& intuitive) way of interacting & being able to speed things up is a huge plus!! If YT enabled these kinds of features, can u imagine how much better things would be :-)

[KeukaRyder]

Seems like it would be a cool addition by YT. But,

as always, the proof of the pudding...

[Downgr4de]

Now I feel a little less smart

[suburbanryder]

That's easy at a place like Fermi.

Even the scientists that work in certain areas know little about other areas and experiments at Fermi.

[1954shadow]

Holy smokes, one does not realize the size of this complex until you see the layout on that topographical map.

[suburbanryder]

Walking around the large ring is a 4 mile walk.

This is only a small section of the Fermi property.

[pulse0000]

Some fascinating stuff Chuck.

[suburbanryder]

Thank you my friend