Black holes and lug holes.

This is a picture of the creation of a black hole at CERN.

Ok, it’s a simulation, but it’s still pretty epic.

There’s a whole collection here. I want a t-shirt with this pic on.

Above: new view of a black hole event. In some theories, microscopic black holes may be produced in particle collisions that occur when very-high-energy cosmic rays hit particles in our atmosphere. These microscopic-black-holes would decay into ordinary particles in a tiny fraction of a second and would be very difficult to observe in our atmosphere.
The ATLAS Experiment offers the exciting possibility to study them in the lab (if they exist). The simulated collision event shown is viewed along the beampipe. The event is one in which a microscopic-black-hole was produced in the collision of two protons (not shown). The microscopic-black-hole decayed immediately into many particles. The colors of the tracks show different types of particles emerging from the collision (at the center).

Then there’s this, which is a Simulated Supersymmetry Event:

And this, last but no means least, a simulated Higgs boson event.

All images are credited to the Atlas experiment at CERN, http://www.atlas.ch/

If you want to hear what these events ‘sound’ like, ( a bit like a bunch of blue whales on cider imo) then point your lug holes over here. Magical.

Discussion (1 Comment)

  1. Tom White says:

    My physics teacher at school was into explosives. These scientists love smashing stuff up don’t they?

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