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Painting of the ATLAS detector at CERN on the exterior of their control room building (seems to be in false colors though?)
Fermilab Antiproton Source
The antiproton is the antiparticle of the proton. Antiprotons are stable, but they are typically short-lived since any collision with a proton will cause both particles to be annihilated in a burst of energy.
The existence of the antiproton with −1 electric charge, opposite to the +1 electric charge of the proton, was predicted by Paul Dirac in his 1933 Nobel Prize lecture. Dirac received the Nobel Prize for his previous 1928 publication of his Dirac Equation that predicted the existence of positive and negative solutions to the Energy Equation (E = mc^2) of Einstein and the existence of the positron, the antimatter analog to the electron, with positive charge and opposite spin.
The antiproton was experimentally confirmed in 1955 by University of California, Berkeley physicists Emilio Segrè and Owen Chamberlain, for which they were awarded the 1959 Nobel Prize in Physics. An antiproton consists of two up antiquark and one down antiquark (uud). The properties of the antiproton that have been measured all match the corresponding properties of the proton, with the exception that the antiproton has opposite electric charge and magnetic moment than the proton. The question of how matter is different from antimatter remains an open problem, in order to explain how our universe survived the Big Bang and why so little antimatter exists today.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiproton
Fermilab Antiproton Source Department
Picture taken by Michael Kappel at Fermilab
View the high resolution image on my photo website
Fermilab Antiproton Source
The antiproton is the antiparticle of the proton. Antiprotons are stable, but they are typically short-lived since any collision with a proton will cause both particles to be annihilated in a burst of energy.
The existence of the antiproton with −1 electric charge, opposite to the +1 electric charge of the proton, was predicted by Paul Dirac in his 1933 Nobel Prize lecture. Dirac received the Nobel Prize for his previous 1928 publication of his Dirac Equation that predicted the existence of positive and negative solutions to the Energy Equation (E = mc^2) of Einstein and the existence of the positron, the antimatter analog to the electron, with positive charge and opposite spin.
The antiproton was experimentally confirmed in 1955 by University of California, Berkeley physicists Emilio Segrè and Owen Chamberlain, for which they were awarded the 1959 Nobel Prize in Physics. An antiproton consists of two up antiquark and one down antiquark (uud). The properties of the antiproton that have been measured all match the corresponding properties of the proton, with the exception that the antiproton has opposite electric charge and magnetic moment than the proton. The question of how matter is different from antimatter remains an open problem, in order to explain how our universe survived the Big Bang and why so little antimatter exists today.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiproton
Fermilab Antiproton Source Department
Picture taken by Michael Kappel at Fermilab
View the high resolution image on my photo website
T-Shirts that I ordered from Jinx.com arrived today.
The top one features the logo of The Guild, an awesome webseries that you can watch at watchtheguild.com/
The bottom one ... well, I can't resist a physics joke, no matter how horrible it is.
Designed by Fermilab founder, Robert Wilson. These connect Fermilab to the local utility company. Some info at www.americanscientist.org/article/robert-wilson-fermilabs...
Fermilab Antiproton Source
The antiproton is the antiparticle of the proton. Antiprotons are stable, but they are typically short-lived since any collision with a proton will cause both particles to be annihilated in a burst of energy.
The existence of the antiproton with −1 electric charge, opposite to the +1 electric charge of the proton, was predicted by Paul Dirac in his 1933 Nobel Prize lecture. Dirac received the Nobel Prize for his previous 1928 publication of his Dirac Equation that predicted the existence of positive and negative solutions to the Energy Equation (E = mc^2) of Einstein and the existence of the positron, the antimatter analog to the electron, with positive charge and opposite spin.
The antiproton was experimentally confirmed in 1955 by University of California, Berkeley physicists Emilio Segrè and Owen Chamberlain, for which they were awarded the 1959 Nobel Prize in Physics. An antiproton consists of two up antiquark and one down antiquark (uud). The properties of the antiproton that have been measured all match the corresponding properties of the proton, with the exception that the antiproton has opposite electric charge and magnetic moment than the proton. The question of how matter is different from antimatter remains an open problem, in order to explain how our universe survived the Big Bang and why so little antimatter exists today.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiproton
Fermilab Antiproton Source Department
Picture taken by Michael Kappel at Fermilab
View the high resolution image on my photo website
The nose of the endcap seen from close by. The front part (right of the black part) will host the electromagnetic calorimeter endcap. More pictures and explanations here
The hadronic calorimeter will be placed inside the central muon wheel which hosts the magnet. Here we see it in front of another muon wheel. More pictures and explanations here
Fermilab Antiproton Source
The antiproton is the antiparticle of the proton. Antiprotons are stable, but they are typically short-lived since any collision with a proton will cause both particles to be annihilated in a burst of energy.
The existence of the antiproton with −1 electric charge, opposite to the +1 electric charge of the proton, was predicted by Paul Dirac in his 1933 Nobel Prize lecture. Dirac received the Nobel Prize for his previous 1928 publication of his Dirac Equation that predicted the existence of positive and negative solutions to the Energy Equation (E = mc^2) of Einstein and the existence of the positron, the antimatter analog to the electron, with positive charge and opposite spin.
The antiproton was experimentally confirmed in 1955 by University of California, Berkeley physicists Emilio Segrè and Owen Chamberlain, for which they were awarded the 1959 Nobel Prize in Physics. An antiproton consists of two up antiquark and one down antiquark (uud). The properties of the antiproton that have been measured all match the corresponding properties of the proton, with the exception that the antiproton has opposite electric charge and magnetic moment than the proton. The question of how matter is different from antimatter remains an open problem, in order to explain how our universe survived the Big Bang and why so little antimatter exists today.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiproton
Fermilab Antiproton Source Department
Picture taken by Michael Kappel at Fermilab
View the high resolution image on my photo website
More shots to come later, but this is certainly my best one of the day. Taken just after obvious collision events started appearing on the event display (on a screen on the wall to the right of the camera), shortly after LHC announced that they were trying to bring the beams into collision. The fact that it came a few hours later than planned did not diminish that it was a beautiful first collision fill at 7 TeV. Now we watch the data roll in, get to work on understanding it, and hope that nature is kind.
Mr. Freeze at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory www.fnal.gov/ demonstrating the interesting and fun properties of cryogenics using Liquid Nitrogen (LN2).
Picture taken by Michael Kappel at Fermilab
View the high resolution image on my photo website
Computer graphic of an atom of ^IHydrogen. ^i The nucleus of ^IHydrogen^i contains one proton (red) and no neutrons. An electron cloud (blue) surrounds the nucleus, which in ^IHydrogen^i contains a single orbiting electron. The electrically positive proton balances the single electrically negative electron to make the atom neutral overall. ^IHydrogen ^iis the lightest element, and occurs free in some natural gases and is a widespread consti- tuent of water, minerals, and organic matter. It can be isolated by electrolysis of water. ^IHydrogen^i combines with industrially in hydrogenation of fats and oils, and in methanol synthesis etc.
Fermilab Antiproton Source
The antiproton is the antiparticle of the proton. Antiprotons are stable, but they are typically short-lived since any collision with a proton will cause both particles to be annihilated in a burst of energy.
The existence of the antiproton with −1 electric charge, opposite to the +1 electric charge of the proton, was predicted by Paul Dirac in his 1933 Nobel Prize lecture. Dirac received the Nobel Prize for his previous 1928 publication of his Dirac Equation that predicted the existence of positive and negative solutions to the Energy Equation (E = mc^2) of Einstein and the existence of the positron, the antimatter analog to the electron, with positive charge and opposite spin.
The antiproton was experimentally confirmed in 1955 by University of California, Berkeley physicists Emilio Segrè and Owen Chamberlain, for which they were awarded the 1959 Nobel Prize in Physics. An antiproton consists of two up antiquark and one down antiquark (uud). The properties of the antiproton that have been measured all match the corresponding properties of the proton, with the exception that the antiproton has opposite electric charge and magnetic moment than the proton. The question of how matter is different from antimatter remains an open problem, in order to explain how our universe survived the Big Bang and why so little antimatter exists today.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiproton
Fermilab Antiproton Source Department
Picture taken by Michael Kappel at Fermilab
View the high resolution image on my photo website
Particle wind chime
Turn a particle detector into a custom instrument with the fundamental interactions of the universe playing that instrument. Using data from the world's particle colliders, each collision event will play its detector, which can be configured exactly how you want. You define your instrument based on how it reacts to the properties of colliding particles and explore the fundamental laws of the universe through sound. Listen carefully and you might discover the Higgs boson!
* Matt Bellis (mbellis@stanford.edu)
* Derek Gathright (@derek)
* David Harris (@physicsdavid)
* Jeremy Nuger
* Michael Parrish (@michael_parrish)
* Janine Scott (@isJaninieLittle)
* Ole Waldmann (@ole_wa)
Fermilab Antiproton Source
The antiproton is the antiparticle of the proton. Antiprotons are stable, but they are typically short-lived since any collision with a proton will cause both particles to be annihilated in a burst of energy.
The existence of the antiproton with −1 electric charge, opposite to the +1 electric charge of the proton, was predicted by Paul Dirac in his 1933 Nobel Prize lecture. Dirac received the Nobel Prize for his previous 1928 publication of his Dirac Equation that predicted the existence of positive and negative solutions to the Energy Equation (E = mc^2) of Einstein and the existence of the positron, the antimatter analog to the electron, with positive charge and opposite spin.
The antiproton was experimentally confirmed in 1955 by University of California, Berkeley physicists Emilio Segrè and Owen Chamberlain, for which they were awarded the 1959 Nobel Prize in Physics. An antiproton consists of two up antiquark and one down antiquark (uud). The properties of the antiproton that have been measured all match the corresponding properties of the proton, with the exception that the antiproton has opposite electric charge and magnetic moment than the proton. The question of how matter is different from antimatter remains an open problem, in order to explain how our universe survived the Big Bang and why so little antimatter exists today.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiproton
Fermilab Antiproton Source Department
Picture taken by Michael Kappel at Fermilab
View the high resolution image on my photo website
1/8 of the CMS Pixel Detector, sitting in a clean room. The foreground shows the many optical fibers, power supply cables, and cooling lines that lead to the detector itself.
Particle wind chime
Turn a particle detector into a custom instrument with the fundamental interactions of the universe playing that instrument. Using data from the world's particle colliders, each collision event will play its detector, which can be configured exactly how you want. You define your instrument based on how it reacts to the properties of colliding particles and explore the fundamental laws of the universe through sound. Listen carefully and you might discover the Higgs boson!
* Matt Bellis (mbellis@stanford.edu)
* Derek Gathright (@derek)
* David Harris (@physicsdavid)
* Jeremy Nuger
* Michael Parrish (@michael_parrish)
* Janine Scott (@isJaninieLittle)
* Ole Waldmann (@ole_wa)
Used for moving detector panels along the tunnel where the overhead crane is not available. This is apparently a new addition to the cavern.
Poster at the RAL, rendered here in part using an oil painting filter.
STFC Photowalk 2014 at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxfordshire
Closed and ready for beam. We rushed to schedule our tour before the magnetic field is turned on, which will eliminate access to the detector hall. This is one end of the detector, about 15 meters high. You cannot see here that the detector extends over 20 meters deep behind this end.
Tenuous link: measurement device (of sorts)
About to go down to CMS cavern. Magnetic identification is needed to go down... the firebrigade must be able to know how many people are down in case of emergency... More pictures and explanations here
Fermilab Antiproton Source
The antiproton is the antiparticle of the proton. Antiprotons are stable, but they are typically short-lived since any collision with a proton will cause both particles to be annihilated in a burst of energy.
The existence of the antiproton with −1 electric charge, opposite to the +1 electric charge of the proton, was predicted by Paul Dirac in his 1933 Nobel Prize lecture. Dirac received the Nobel Prize for his previous 1928 publication of his Dirac Equation that predicted the existence of positive and negative solutions to the Energy Equation (E = mc^2) of Einstein and the existence of the positron, the antimatter analog to the electron, with positive charge and opposite spin.
The antiproton was experimentally confirmed in 1955 by University of California, Berkeley physicists Emilio Segrè and Owen Chamberlain, for which they were awarded the 1959 Nobel Prize in Physics. An antiproton consists of two up antiquark and one down antiquark (uud). The properties of the antiproton that have been measured all match the corresponding properties of the proton, with the exception that the antiproton has opposite electric charge and magnetic moment than the proton. The question of how matter is different from antimatter remains an open problem, in order to explain how our universe survived the Big Bang and why so little antimatter exists today.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiproton
Fermilab Antiproton Source Department
Picture taken by Michael Kappel at Fermilab
View the high resolution image on my photo website
Got to go on a tour of the facilities at Fermilab today. Totally got my geek on! I really dig science.
One of the all-time best presents I've ever been sent: a Large Hadron Collider pop-up book! Thanks to one of the most awesome particle physicists out there: Matt Bellis.
Cover of the book is here: www.flickr.com/photos/arielwaldman/6858144358/
The beam pipe entering one side of the detector
cms.web.cern.ch/cms/index.html
Tenuous Link: pipe(s)
A good read from the The Times of London, published on November 5, 2009. This is just the cover - see the full text (minus pictures) in The Times Archive.
Sheldon and Leonard watch the move
More information about what is going on here:
www.fnal.gov/pub/presspass/press_releases/2013/Storage-Ri...