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Holiday thoughts from some Huskies

The Outsider — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 15:03:05 +0000

We asked some of the Huskies players to think back over the holidays they had while they were younger, and in the past few years. Happy Holidays from the Huskies Football Outsider.

What was your favorite Christmas gift?
Mitch Friesen, Defensive Back: My favorite present was my table-top hockey game I got when I was 8.

Brodie Rothe, Linebacker: Gifts I’m not really big into. I usually just get money so I can buy car parts.

Taylor Wallace, Linebacker: a snowmobile.

Shane Dueck, Receiver: My wife gave me a drawing of me playing football. It was from a picture that she found and it looks exactly like the photo taken. It was amazing!

Nico Higgs, Linebacker: When I was in Grade 9 my grandpa got a pair of green and white football gloves and cleats for me that came straight from the Huskies clubhouse (he was good friends with Gary Larner who was one of the equipment managers).

Peter Thiel, Linebacker: Favorite gift I have received would have to be a remote controlled monster truck.

What is the best part of the Christmas meal?
Friesen: The whole thing, it all blends together into perfection, but I especially love my grandmas bubbet.

Rothe: Both my grandmas are amazing cooks so I’d have to say the whole thing.

Wallace: Turkey leftovers.

Dueck: The amount of food that you get to eat with your family. No one says anything, but everyone knows who has eaten the most.

Higgs: Best part of the Christmas meal is dessert. My grandma makes an amazing pumpkin torte.

Thiel: My favourite part of the Christmas meal is by far my Baba’s plum perogies, she only makes them around the holidays and they make the meal all the more special.

What do you like best about the holidays?
Friesen: Just relaxing and spending time with the family, watching some football and world juniors.

Rothe: The best part about Christmas is just relaxing on the couch and seeing everyone and the snowboarding.

Wallace: seeing all the family.

Dueck: Time to relax and be with your family. There is nothing as good as being in an environment that isn’t rushed. It is an experience of peace and joy.

Higgs: The best part of the holidays is that finals are done and you can do whatever you want without worrying that you should be doing something else.

Thiel: The best part of the holidays is spending time with my family and friends back home in Regina.

Cynical Utopians

cherylcline — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 05:46:58 +0000

I think that historian Robert Higgs is indeed a pessimist, as does everyone else, apparently. But I don’t see how that’s a bad thing:

In my work on the growth of government over the past three decades, I have always rested my conclusions on a combination of facts and theory. I may be wrong about the facts, although those who have disputed my views have not so much claimed that I got the facts wrong as that I misinterpreted them or that I committed sins of omission. I may also be wrong about the theory, but my theoretical views have seemingly proved their mettle in a variety of applications, in their details and their broad contours, and in one historical episode after another in the modern (post-Progressive) ideological era. In sum, I don’t believe that my views on the evolution of the U.S. politico-economic order ever did, or now do, simply express my psychological tendency toward pessimism.

So, it has always irritated me when my arguments were dismissed or depreciated on the grounds that “Higgs is just a pessimist.” Such a reaction strikes me as a sort of ad hominem fallacy. You might as well say that Higgs is wrong about the growth of government because he’s a jackass (a trait I am neither confirming nor denying).

This past week, however, we have seen President Barack Obama awarded a Nobel Peace Prize, and seen him use the occasion to present the same-old-same-old pseudo-justifications for enlarging the foolish war in Afghanistan and for perpetuating global U.S. hegemony. As if that shameful travesty were not more than enough insult added to our injuries, we have seen Ben Bernanke named Time magazine’s person of the year, in the wake of the Fed’s having placed the U.S. economy in the kind of jeopardy that it has not suffered since World War II. If you wanted to invent news items to illustrate the black absurdity of our political and ideological situation, you could not have come up with nastier ones. (Higgs Is Just a Pessimist)

I would venture that if Higgs has only had to deal with being called a pessimist, then he is in a comparatively privileged position. The liberty-minded elsewhere seem to be alternately labeled vicious cynics or out-of-touch utopians. After having to deal with both dismissals for a while now, I think I’ve come up with some sort of theory to explain them.

If you say increasing government action now will not lead to a rosier future, then you are a cynic (e.g., when we were expected to invest all hopes and dreams in a presidential candidate, rather than withdraw support from the system). If you say that things were better at some point in the past (not perfect, just less of a mess), or would improve in the future if government action was ramped down, then you are a nutty idealist with no understanding of human nature. The commonality is not that you are a hopelessly negative person, nor unrealistically optimistic, but that you have identified everyone’s hero as a culprit. In our political climate, there is no better way to advertise psychological defect.

It seems disingenuous to call Higgs pessimistic for another reason. ”Pessimism” is a future-oriented term, but it is not merely Higgs’ dark predictions that earn him condemnation It’s his correct diagnosis of the past that irks his critics. If he were to say that free-market capitalism has ruined our past and will ruin our futures if we don’t do something now, then he’d merely be a clear-eyed pragmatist.

I wish I’d been wrong about Obama and could be written off now as “just a pessimist.” I think I’d infinitely prefer to see liberals gloating that they were right about their so-called peace candidate and that I’d just been contrary for no reason. Bearing the label is nowhere near as painful as overlooking the willful blindness the use of the term is meant to conceal.

“Big Bang Machine” back on the road to discover “God Particle”

alertindia — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 10:32:56 +0000

WASHINGTON – The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), popularly known as the “Big Bang Machine”, has t

Higgs Announces Digital Distribution Partnership with Pressmart

indiaprwire — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:05:31 +0000

Higgs International Publishing Logistics (A DHL Company), the market leaders in the export of press

Πώς θα γίνει η ανίχνευση του μποζονίου Higgs;

physics4u — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 15:15:10 +0000

Τα μποζόνια Higgs είναι υποθετικά στοιχειώδη σωματίδια που προβλέπονται ότι υπάρχουν από

Από πού προέρχονται οι νόμοι της διατήρησης - οι δυνάμεις, τα χωρίς μάζα σωματίδια , όπως και αυτά της δύναμης με μάζα;

physics4u — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:04:42 +0000

Μικρή εισαγωγή στις συμμετρίες Οι συμμετρίες διαδραματίζουν καίριο ρόλο για το πως ερμηνεύουμε τις θ

Coliziunea mult dorita - CERN

mariusbardan — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:18:18 +0000

Auzeam anul trecut, prin septembrie daca nu ma insel, ceva zumzet puternic despre un accelerator de particule de la Geneva care urma sa infirme teoria creationismului, prin descoperirea particulei lui Dumnezeu, sau mai stiintific spus, particula lui Higgs. Dupa multe astfel de stiri, baietii anunta ca au nu stiu ce defectiuni, care urmau sa fie in lant mai apoi, si nu vor da drumul la accelerator decat peste o perioada de timp necunoscuta.

Ei bine, in ciuda tuturor speculatiilor, acceleratorul a reusit pana la urma sa fie pus in functiune, luni, realizand astfel prima coliziune de protoni. Coliziunea a fost deocamdata una de tip ‘beta’ urmand ca de acum viteza particulelor sa fie marita pentru a se ajunge la rezultatul dorit. Ceea ce ma amuza pe mine la toata treaba asta este ‘coliziunea’ care va avea din nou loc, inevitabil parca, intre segmentul religios si cel stiintific. Oare vom scapa odata de ea?

Higgs into the heart of imagination

sjarrel — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:42:15 +0000

Higgs, into the Heart of Imagination is a documentary about the quest for the Higgs particle, also known as “The God Particle.” It is considered the missing link in particle physics. Higgs is a film about the curiosity, the passion, and the imaginative power of science. A cinematic journey into the heart of imagination.

Higgs follows Professor Stan Bentvelsen, head of the Dutch research group at CERN. We watch as he prepares his team for the start of the experiment and the scientific competition to be the first to find the Higgs particle. Meanwhile, international scientists explain what a Higgs particle really is. And Peter Higgs, the Scottish physicist for whom the particle is named, talks about how he made his pioneer discovery back in 1964.

November 20th, Higgs will have it’s premiere at IDFA 2009.

Large Hadron Collider Repurposed in Shock CERN Move

lordtaeglan — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:08:02 +0000

It was announced today that the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has been re-purposed from it’s original search for the missing ‘God Particle’, the Higg’s Boson. The Director of the LHC project announced that, due to recent discoveries, the Collider will be re-purposed to search for the missing Greggs’ Boson. The Greggs’ Boson, one of the fundamental particles, should, if found, reveal the missing matter in the universe. The latest theory, from Professor Hermann Van Warburton, suggests that the missing matter, that comprises 96% of the universe, is made of various dough based comestibles. It is believed that the so-called Dark Energy, is savoury, and the Dark Matter, sweet. The Greggs’ Boson will, if found, confirm the presence of this matter. Scientists anticipate that the first results, will come in within three months.

IL BOSONE DI HIGGS

mirabilissimo100 — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:36:01 +0000

Il LHD e l’ATTESA del BOSONE di HIGGS
di Massimo Corbucci

Il più grande e costoso accelleratore del mondo (LHD), costruito al CERN di Ginevra per decifrare la natura dell’Universo, è pronto a elargire le sue grandi rivelazioni. Si parla dell’estate 2008, se si riusciranno a superare, tra l’altro, certi ostacoli giudiziari. C’è infatti un ricorso contro la supermacchina, in quanto, una volta in moto, “potrebbe” creare un buco nero capace d’ingoiarsi il Pianeta e forse l’Universo tutto. Scopo fondamentale, invece, è studiare i mattoni fondamentali della materia e i fondamenti base dell’universo. Per ottenere questo risultato, si faranno scontrare fra loro fasci di particelle subatomiche. Tra i vari esperimenti “applicati” all’accelleratore c’è anche quello atto a far saltar fuori il fantomatico Bosone di Higgs, pietra miliare della fisica standard. E non è la prima volta che si tenta tale ricerca. Ci avevano già provato nell’ottobre 2000, sempre al CERN. Ecco quindi che ci pare arrivato il momento giusto di porre anche all’attenzione dei lettori elettronici un articolo apparso sul n°8 di Scienza e Conoscenza. La straordinaria testimonianza dello scienziato che ha segnalato al CERN di Ginevra l’impossibilità di coronare, con successo, la ricerca del Bosone di Higgs – la particella di Dio – in quanto a creare il mondo potrebbe essere un “quid” che si chiama Vuoto Quantomeccanico. A questo proposito ha coniato il seguente aforisma: “I genitori della materia generano il mondo, ma non sono di questo mondo”.

Nell’Ottobre del 2000, al C.E.R.N. di Ginevra, sembrava imminente la “cattura” della particella che crea tutto ciò che esiste e c’era aria di festa per il Nobel, che avrebbe coronato la teoria di Higgs e i colossali investimenti economici. Poi ha fatto capolino un nuovo concetto: Il Vuoto Quantomeccanico. Nelle questioni scientifiche deve essere privilegiata la verità e non la convenienza e ormai la scoperta del Vuoto Quantomeccanico non può essere fatta passare per un’ipotesi fastidiosa, che è meglio nascondere, altrimenti non si potranno mai più riprendere i lavori sulla particella di Dio.

È proprio da qui che debbo partire, per spiegare come sono arrivato nel Marzo 1999 alla scoperta del Vuoto Quantomeccanico.

È stata infatti una scoperta fatta per “serendipità”, come si dice quando si trova qualcosa di interessante, mentre si cercava tutt’altro.

Quello che si cercava era la struttura degli Shell leptonici dell’atomo (tecnicamente: ordine di Riempimento dei Livelli Atomici) e la disposizione dei barioni nel nucleo (tecnicamente: come sono messe affiancate e sovrapposte le particelle sub-nucleari che compongono il più grande nucleo del più grande atomo possibile. Una specie di Tavola Periodica delle particelle!).

Lavoravo dal 1976 sull’Ordine di Riempimento dei Livelli Atomici e quello che avevo realizzato a Dicembre di quell’anno riportava l’ultimo elettrone sul livello quantico 8, nell’ultimo orbitale al numero atomico 112.

Dovetti nascondere le mie carte a quel tempo in quanto proprio quell’anno veniva inaugurato in Germania il più potente Acceleratore Atomico della Terra, costruito per montare a mezzo di fusione nucleare l’atomo con 114 protoni: il trans-uranico “finalmente” stabile.

Dal 1976, anno in cui fu acceso l’UNILAC (Enorme accelleratore “freddo”), seguii con trepidazione le vicende di quella immensa macchina per montare atomi, installata nella città di Darmstadt, perché ero certissimo di aver risolto l’equazione di Schrödinger correttamente e che non poteva esistere l’atomo con 114 protoni, per il limite strutturale a 112.

Dopo più di 2 anni i Fisici Tedeschi scrissero un accorato annuncio confessione su Le Scienze, affermando: “Quando abbiamo iniziato la caccia all’elemento 113, non pensavamo di non trovarlo. Ci stiamo ancora chiedendo: “Perché abbiamo fallito?”

I tedeschi non avevano fallito

Qualora mi avessero detto nel 1976 che i più grandi Fisici del mondo, del più grande Acceleratore Atomico del mondo, mi avrebbero convocato, per la questione atomo 113, non ci avrei creduto.

Nell’Ottobre del 2000 il Professor Sigurd Hofmann del G.S.I. di Darmstad parlò con me al telefono: era accaduta una cosa incredibile, che resterà nella storia della Scienza come l’inciampo scientifico più colossale di tutti i tempi e speriamo anche un monito a non ripetere certi affronti alla conoscenza umana. Da alcuni Fisici era stata annunciata la “scoperta” degli atomi con 114-116 e persino 118 protoni. Spazzando via tutti i dispari!

Risposi che in Germania avrei fatto tutte le mie dichiarazioni in merito a questa cosa, a favore del G.S.I. Tedesco. Infatti con l’equazione di Schrödinger risolta rifeci l’Ordine di Riempimento dei Livelli Atomici, dimostrando incontrovertibilmente che l’ultimo elettrone è il 112 e non può esserci un 113° elettrone! Come prova del nove portai la struttura del nucleo e tutti i barioni messi in perfetto ordine. Non vi era un barione in più nel nucleo, da mettere in un ipotetico atomo di numero atomico 113. Affermai categoricamente che l’annuncio degli atomi fino al 118 era un madornale svarione di fisica nucleare, ma anche di chimica, poiché il 7° GAS NOBILE (l’atomo 118!) rappresentava una grossa cantonata. Quando fui ricevuto dal Direttore, il leggendario Prof. Gottfried Münzenberg, chiesi energicamente il ritiro della “scoperta” impossibile. Cosa che avvenne, con l’articolo sul New York Times National del 28 Luglio 2001, scritto sotto forma di trafiletto, ad arte, per passare inosservato.

L’atomo di Niels Bohr, di scolastica memoria, di cui già al liceo abbiamo imparato la “filastrocca” della distribuzione elettronica 2,8,18,32,32, 18,8,8 la quale fa 126, non presenta affatto la giusta distribuzione.
Osservando la Tavola della Numerazione Barionica: le quattro caselle nere
Di “notevole” c’è che le “caselle” di tutto l’AUFBAU atomico (Edificio Atomico) sono 116 e che tra l’elettrone 71° e il 72° e il 103° e il 104° vi sono 4 caselle nere! Sono un “riempitivo grafico”?

Dal 1976 al 1999, mi sono chiesto quale significato concettuale potessero avere le 4 caselle nere. Avevo un “religioso” rispetto, tuttavia, per quel “nero”.

Confesso che la ragione per cui non arrivavo a capire l’importanza veniva soprattutto dal brivido che provavo nel pensare che “tutto” potesse essere vero. Mi appariva semplicemente “fiabesco” che i maggiori Fisici della Terra avessero calcolato una atomo con 114 protoni e speso cifre da bilancio di un continente per “fabbricarlo”, quando il “mio” atomo conteneva fino a 112 protoni.

Soltanto quando nel Novembre 1998 l’edizione italiana della Scientific American pubblicò l’articolo dei Fisici del G.S.I., non ebbi più remore a credere che il mio modello potesse essere giusto e iniziai a spremermi le meningi per trovare più di una “prova del 9”.

Mi ero chiuso in una baita nel bosco, sui monti Cimini da mesi. Una notte del Marzo 1999 stavo facendo un lavoro da certosino: mi ero messo a vedere quale barione comparisse in ogni elemento successivo all’atomo d’Idrogeno e catalogandolo col criterio dello SPIN e di un numero progressivo, lo riportavo in una sorta di “tavola periodica”.

Ricordo che fui preso da un certo entusiasmo, perché mi ricordai di un libro di fisica nucleare, dove l’autore esprimeva il desiderio di poter disporre di una specie di tavola, per le particelle sub-nucleari, così come i Chimici disponevano della tavola per gli Elementi. Diceva: “Ci vorrebbe… ma nessuno l’ha ancora fatta”.

Quando trovai tutti i barioni, 46 di loro stavano a SINISTRA con SPIN 1/2 e altri 57 stavano a DESTRA con SPIN 3/2 (quelli che ruotano velocemente), per un totale di 103!

La “discrepanza” 112 leptoni (elettroni) e 103 barioni era proprio la prova del nove!

Ricordo ancora, come se fosse oggi, che quella notte m’inginocchiai con religiosa deferenza di fronte a quell’area nera a semi-T coricata.

In un istante realizzai che cosa avevo scoperto.

L’immensa voragine senza fondo dove il “connettivo” bosonico del nucleo apre una finestra sull’infinito del Cosmo. Mi ricordai del Bosone di Higgs e del ruolo di questo “campo” (ci vogliono le virgolette perché è Scalare, non Vettoriale!) nel conferire massa alle particelle, che altrimenti continuerebbero il loro viaggio alla velocità della luce, senza dare possibilità agli atomi di formarsi.

Conclusi subito che non era un Bosone e non poteva essere afferrabile al collisore adronico LEP di Ginevra, né in nessun collisore.

Aprendo la Sacra Bibbia al 1° Capitolo: LA GENESI, si legge che all’inizio era il CIELO e la TERRA.

In Ebraico Cielo si traduce VAVOHU e Terra TOHU. Per anni avevo letto i libri dei mio Professore Luciano Maiani, Direttore Generale del C.E.R.N. di Ginevra e che la Fisica moderna cercasse i Rishoni (i mattoni fondamentali) della materia era nozione reiterata.

Quel “nero” era un pozzo senza fondo, “mattonato” di mattoni fondamentali della materia; di Rishoni, che hanno nome VAVOHU e TOHU: Cielo e Terra, di Biblica memoria. Come poteva accadere che venivano spesi tanti miliardi di dollari a Ginevra per trovare la “particella” madre della materia, quando la Bibbia già 4000 anni prima aveva scritto i nomi dei 2 genitori della Materia?

Del “nero” rompe la simmetria tra i barioni a SPIN 1/2 e quelli a SPIN 3/2.

Quel nero, se la tavola non è un terribile svarione (ma come può essere tutto così perfetto ed errato?) rappresenta il “Vuoto Quatomeccanico”.

In questo caso continuare a cercare il Bosone di Higgs, sarebbe come insistere di fronte all’evidenza. E’ evidente che VAVOHU e TOHU sono i 2 genitori della materia; dal cui “coito” è nato tutto ciò che è visibile e invisibile! Delle “implicazioni” parleremo nei numeri successivi di Scienza e Conoscenza, perché sono implicazioni che cambiano il mondo, la Fisica, la Teleologia, la vita… e peraltro… la morte.

Prima di parlarne è bene che qualche Autorità scientifica si pronunci, ma con la massima obiettività e scevra dei pregiudizi relativi all’incredibile paternità di una scoperta del genere.

Qualora fosse “tutto” vero, starebbe per cominciare una nuova era dell’umanità in cui ci si dovrà rendere conto di verità, che attualmente non hanno minimamente sfiorato nessuno.

L’attesa del Bosone
Altri autori e importantissimi fisici, che occupano posizioni di spicco, scrivono che prima o poi il Bosone di Higgs verrà fuori; perché il Modello Standard lo prevede. Qualora l’Higgs non ci fosse, bisognerebbe riscrivere tutta la fisica! Fatto sta che la Scienza è in crisi, per il noto inghippo della palla d’alluminio che in caduta arriva a terra prima di una palla di ferro, ed ha dovuto invocare una 5a forza (l’antigravità), per non impazzire. Ricorrendo al “Vuoto Vi assicuriamo fin da ora che ci sarà di che stupirsi, perchè quello che ora ci sembra pura fantascienza, invero ha serissime basi scientifiche e potrebbe diventare realtà, persino molto presto!

http://www.scienzaeconoscenza.it/articolo/il-lhd-e-l-039-attesa-del-bosone-di-higgs.php

Γιατί το σωματίδιο Higgs πρέπει να υπάρχει

physics4u — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:01:15 +0000

Το 1960 δύο φυσικοί oι Steven Weinberg, και Abdus Salam ανακάλυψαν πως τα σωματίδια φορείς της ασθεν

Εναλλακτικές θεωρίες με ελαφρά σωμάτια Higgs

physics4u — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:19:09 +0000

Για αρκετά χρόνια, μια θεωρία στοιχειωδών σωματιδίων που λέγεται υπερσυμμετρία, πρόσφερε μια σχεδόν

Πιστεύουμε στην υπερσυμμετρία (SUSY): Τι είναι αυτό που ψάχνει στα αλήθεια ο Μεγάλος Επιταχυντής Αδρονίων (LHC)

physics4u — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 07:38:43 +0000

Η τελετή έναρξης του Μεγάλου Επιταχυντή Σωματιδίων (LHC) ήταν αρκετά θεαματική και έγινε με μεγάλη λ

ConCERNed

Matt — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:13:01 +0000

When’s the LHC starting up again? I thought it was meant to be all fixed and ready by september. Maybe it’s just not interesting enough to the news any more, but I don’t see how that could happen.

Supersimetría

lainon — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:45:07 +0000

Como estoy trasladando un dominio, he tenido un momento de descanso mientras suben y bajar archivos y he aprovechado para ver el GReader. Me he encontrado este artículo que no he podido parar de leer ni un momento (la verdad, me gustaría que lo leyeran todos, pero a decir verdad sólo van a entender algo los que ya tengan unos conocimientos previos de cuántica y algunas teorías “exóticas” de la física actual… Tal vez a alguno le sirva para empezar a aficionarse a estas cosas):

Ciencia Kanija » Confiamos en SUSY: Lo que realmente busca el LHC.

Bueno, en resumen para el que haya pasado del tema: hay dos misiones en el LHC que son fundamentales y para lo que se ha construido: encontrar la jodida partícula de Higgs (que algún gracioso llamo “partícula de Dios”, vete a saber porqué) y demostrar en la práctica la Supersimetría. Lo primero es lo que se supone (digo supone porque sólo es una teoría, de momento) que da masa a todo lo que existe. Y lo segundo explica que cada partícula existente tiene un “super-hermano” que básicamente viene a formar la materia oscura, entre otras cosas. La verdad es que me he quedado embobado leyendo el artículo porque es bastante claro y autoexplicativo (insisto, se requieren unos conocimientos previos, aunque sean los justitos) y más allá de las paranoias de los agujeros negros y pijadas por el estilo, la cuestión es que si las predicciones son ciertas, descubriremos finalmente la estructura básica de la naturaleza. Hecho esto, como dice un físico en el texto, ya no habrá más que hacer, lo que lógicamente le acojona porque significará que se queda sin trabajo… Tienen esperanza de encontrar la Supersimetría antes que el bosón de Higgs, pero claro, nadie lo sabe, ni ellos. Si encuentran antes el bosón, significará que no hay que buscar más, y que probablemente la Supersimetría sea falsa, con lo que se acabó la historia. Bueno, esto si finalmente consiguen poner en marcha al maquinón, porque al paso que va la burra… Mejor no les metamos prisa, no sea que metan la pata y… Como decía uno hace poco: “si una miga produce un agujero negro (en referencia a la miguita de pan que dicen produjo el último estropicio), ¿el universo se convertirá en un bizcoho de chocolate? Que coñeros son estos físicos…

Separated at birth: semi-final edition

The Outsider — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:35:13 +0000

The last practice of the week, the Huskies do a walk-through. It is a short, loose practice. Before the practice, the team meets and goes over some last minute assignments. Then, after a hard week of work, the coaches try to lighten the mood with some fun stuff. Here is what transpired the night before the Rams victory…

Outsider Q & A: Canada West Semi-Final vs. Rams

Dallas — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:01:32 +0000

1. Who gets the offensive game ball?

The Outsider: Cory Jones and Braeden George each had three touchdown receptions. Both had long TDs catches as well. Jeff Hassler had over 100 yards rushing on only nine carries. The offensive line gave the quarterbacks time to throw and opened up huge holes for the running backs. So, there are a lot of choices here. I am going to go with Laurence Nixon who threw five touchdown passes and only one interception. He was 19 for 28 and 284 yards in the air in about three quarters of action. Nixon managed the game and the Huskies moved the ball at will. He had one of his best performances of the season and won his first playoff game as a starter.

BleedingGreen2009: With 9 carries for 113 yards, RB Jeff Hassler gets my game ball for the second week in a row. Add these same totals over another half of football and he would’ve been on pace for the exact same amount of yards (226) as the week before. In the Star Phoenix on Saturday he was quoted as saying “I don’t know quite what to expect yet, but I’m looking forward to it and hopefully I can still perform.” Hassler did not look at all like a player in his first playoff action. His two huge runs at the beginning of the game set the tone for anothjer dominant offensive performance. It got the crowd into it and spurred the team on to another blowout

Dallas: Slotback Braeden George gets my game ball. He had a breakout game with 140 yards receiving and three touchdowns. His catch just inside the endzone at the end of the third quarter was one of the best I’ve seen. He had two defenders on top of him, and yet he went up and made the catch, coming down just inside the endzone. Credit to Laurence Nixon for putting that ball where only George could catch it.

Taylor Wallace leads the Huskies to the field.

2. Who gets the defensive game ball?

The Outsider: Again, there are a lot of choices here. David Rybinski and Joel Seutter on the defensive line dominated the Rams O-Line. Peter Thiel and Nicco Higgs led the team in tackles. Mitch Friesen and Cody Halseth had great coverage in the defensive backfield. I am going to go with Joel Seutter for my defensive game ball. He was in the Rams backfield all day and made some good run stuffs. He played very physical and tenacious. There were a number of plays where he hit the Rams O-lineman so hard that they ended up on the ground. A pleasure to watch.

BleedingGreen2009: LB Nico Higgs. The Rams running backs were held to just 68 yards rushing and Higgs was a huge reason why. He picked up a team leading 8 tackles, limiting Inglis and Mosiondz to very little yardage, particularly on the first few Rams offensive possessions when they could get absolutely nothing going.

Dallas: My pick is linebacker Peter Thiel, who had an outstanding game. He made many key tackles at the line and was in the Rams’ backfield often, finishing with 1.5 tackles for a loss. He’s as dominant a middle linebacker as there is in Canada West, and he has taken his game to another level now that the playoffs are here.

3. Who gets the special teams game ball?

The Outsider: Shayne Dueck was on the punt cover and return teams and had two great blocks that set up good returns from Luke Thiel and Travis Gorski. But I am going with Tony Michalchuk for being the wedge buster on kick-off cover. On one play, he busted the wedge and made the tackle limiting the Rams return to only a few yards. That’s tough to do.

BleedingGreen2009: No player to me outshone any other, as everyone on special teams seemed to have very solid games, so I’m going to give it to the punt and kick returning trio of Travis Gorski, Luke Thiel and Jeff Hassler. Gorski had a 36 yard return, Thiel a 27 yarder and Hassler a 48 yarder to put the offense in great position on those drives, making great use of the space they had to work with.

Dallas: Shayne Dueck had a couple nice takcles on punt cover and gets the game ball from me. He had one tackle late in the second quarter where he stopped returner Chris King dead in his tracks and put a big hit on him. I have to mention Grant Shaw, though, as he was on the field for about five straight minutes of game time in the third that included his interception, which followed with his convert, kickoff, and playing corner on the next series. It was an impressive athletic display.

4. What surprised you the most?

The Outsider: There were two things that surprised me. First, that the Huskies put 33 points on the board before the Rams could answer. The Huskies scored on five of their first six possessions. I expected the Huskies to win this game, but I thought the game would be closer. The second was that the Rams threw for 470 yards. Watching the game, I had no idea they moved the ball that well. Granted, a lot of this occurred when the game was well in hand for the Huskies and the Huskies didn’t do as many stunts.

BleedingGreen2009: This shouldn’t come as that big of a surprise but I couldn’t believe how much time Nixon was being given to thrown the ball. He had “all day” to get the ball to his receivers as the Offensive line did another great job of limiting pressure.

Dallas: That Andrew Busby was actually dressed and playing. He had a good game against the Huskies in September, but was nowhere to be found on Saturday. Especially after seeing him play for the Hilltops for so many years, I expected to catch a few passes.

5. What was the play of the game?

The Outsider: Braeden George had a beautiful TD catch from Laurence Nixon near the end of the third quarter. The Huskies had the ball on the Rams five yard line. George, lined up in the right slot, ran an out about 1 yard in the endzone. Nixon placed the ball in a perfect spot and George made the catch between two defenders.

BleedingGreen2009: The game result was out of the question by this point, but Braeden George’s 79 yard touchdown pass from Trevor Barss was fun to watch. It was a beautifully thrown ball that caught George in stride and by the time he had it in his grasp there was no catching him, scoring his third touchdown of the game.

Dallas: Grant Shaw’s pick six. I don’t think there are many plays quite as satisfying as seeing a defensive back from you team head to the end zone with nobody in front of him.

6. What was the turning point of the game?

The Outsider: Grant Shaw’s 69 yard interception return for a touchdown. The Huskies were up 19-0 at the time and the Rams had the ball on a third down and three play. Rams QB Mark Mueller threw a short pass to the right sidelines and Shaw stepped in front of the receiver for the pick six. If the Rams had scored on that drive, the game was probably going to be much closer. Instead, the Huskies took a 26-0 lead and never looked back.

BleedingGreen2009: Corey Jones 67 yard touchdown to put the Huskies up 19-0. Jones took a 15 yard pass from Nixon and after one missed tackle used his speed to take it to the endzone. It was at this point in time that there was a feeling that this was going to be a long afternoon for the Rams, and that the Huskies, playing focused, disciplined and in sync,were on cruise control.

Dallas: I have to agree with the Outsider on Shaw’s interception touchdown. The touchdown took the game from being a hot start by the Huskies to a completely dominant performance. It deflated the Rams, especially since it happened right in front of their bench. The Huskies rode the momentum right through the game and even though the Rams put up a fight, each of their punches was answered, and then some.

Grant Shaw walks into the endzone for a touchdown

7. Who was the unsung hero?

The Outsider: Cody Halseth. That’s a name we don’t hear a lot, but he is a good player who had a great game yesterday. Halseth came into the game when Bryce McCall was injured. He had two interceptions and 3.5 tackles in about a quarter and a half of action. He prevented a touchdown with one of his picks. He looks to have a strong future with the Huskies.

BleedingGreen2009: I have to go with Cody Halseth as well. I groaned when I saw Bryce McCall go down, pretty well ignoring the fact that they had a pretty good replacement doing a fine job, picking up two interceptions, one of which snuffed out a drive along with a handful of tackles and a fumble recovery.

Dallas: Travis Gorski, who mad a few nice blocks and was out in front of a few plays to clear the way for Hassler and Jones on their long runs.

Ξεκίνησε η λειτουργία του LHC στο CERN

powerleader — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:56:48 +0000

Μετά από 13 μήνες αναμονής ο Μεγάλος Επιταχυντής Αδρονίων (LHC) τέθηκε ξανά σε λειτουργία και ήδη αυτή τη στιγμή διατρέχετε από πρωτόνια. Η είδηση δημοσιεύτηκε στο επίσημο site του CERN με μια χρονική καθυστέρηση 3 ημερών που μάλλον οφείλετε στο ότι οι επιστήμονες ήθελαν να είναι σίγουροι ότι δεν θα ξαναπαρουσιαστούν προβλήματα, όπως το βραχυκύκλωμα του περασμένου Σεπτέμβρη.

Η λειτουργία προς το παρών είναι καθαρά δοκιμαστική και μέσα στις επόμενες εβδομάδες αναμένεται να ξεκινήσουν και οι συγκρούσεις σωματιδίων.

Το 1995 το CERN έγραψε ιστορία όταν ανακοίνωσε την δημιουργία των πρώτων ατόμων αντιύλης. Έκτοτε έχουν διατυπωθεί πολλές θεωρίες καταστροφής για αυτό το γεγονός δεδομένου ότι η αντιύλη όταν βρεθεί σε επαφή με την κανονική ύλη προκαλεί απελευθέρωση ενέργειας (έκρηξη). Μια από αυτές τις θεωρίες περιγράφεται στο πασίγνωστο μυθιστόρημα του Dan Brown Άγγελοι & Δαίμονες όπου μια ομάδα εξτρεμιστών, οι Illuminati απειλούν το Βατικανό με μια βόμβα αντιύλης κλεμμένη από το CERN.

Κάτι τέτοιο βεβαίως είναι ανέφικτο προς το παρών και μόνο για λόγους οικονομίας. Το 2004 το CERN πλήρωσε 20 εκατ. δολάρια προκειμένου να παράγει μερικά τρισεκατομμυριοστά του γραμμαρίου αντιύλης. Άρα το κόστος παραγωγής μερικών γραμμαρίων που πιθανότατα θα χρειαστούν για την δημιουργία μιας βόμβας αντιύλης μπορεί εύκολα να οδηγήσει σε χρεοκοπία οποιαδήποτε ισχυρή χώρα.

«Εάν μπορούσαμε να συγκεντρώσουμε όλη την αντιύλη που έχουμε κατασκευάσει στο CERN και να την εξουδετερώσουμε με κανονική ύλη θα διαθέταμε ικανή ποσότητα ενέργειας για να ανάψουμε μια μόνο ηλεκτρική λάμπα για λίγα λεπτά» αναφέρει επίσημη ανακοίνωση του CERN.

Ο LHC περιστρέφει πρωτόνια σε αντίθετες κατευθύνσεις κοντά στην ταχύτητα του φωτός μέσα σ’ έναν δακτύλιο 27 χιλιομέτρων λίγο έξω από την Γενεύη της Ελβετίας. Από τις συγκρούσεις που προκαλεί αυτή η διαδικασία προκύπτουν νέα σωματίδια τα οποία μπορούν να μας οδηγήσουν σε χρήσιμα συμπεράσματα για:

Tο πώς δημιουργήθηκε το σύμπαν μας
Tην ύπαρξη επιπλέον διαστάσεων που δεν μπορούμε να αντιληφθούμε
Tην υπεσυμμετρία που βοηθά στην έκφραση της βαρυτικής θεωρίας του Αϊνστάιν στο κβαντικό επίπεδο
Την ύπαρξη του μποζονίου Higgs στο οποίο οφείλεται η απόκτηση μάζας των υποατομικών σωματιδίων

Επίσης για όσους δεν γνωρίζουν, το CERN θεωρείται ο δημιουργός του World Wide Web (www) όταν το 1989 εφάρμοσε το γνωστό πρωτόκολλο TCP\IP προκειμένου να γίνεται γρηγορότερα η μεταφορά των δεδομένων των πειραμάτων.

Higgs Particle, LHC and The Big Bang

nikolaiownz — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:36:21 +0000

This video is just purely awesomeness! I Love the mystery about the higgs particle! Nerdgasm!

Acceleratorul de particule de la Geneva sabotat de Dumnezeu

x3m — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:24:06 +0000

Doi oameni de ştiinţă sunt de părere că Dumnezeu sau călătorii în timp au stricat Large Hadron Collider, în septembrie 2008.

Cei doi au publicat o lucrare în care spun că cel mai mare de accelerator de particule din lume, care s-a stricat la o săptămână după ce a fost pornit, ar fi fost sabotat printr-o intervenţie divină sau de către agenţi ai viitorului.

Holger Bech Nielsen, de la Institutul Niels Bohr din Copenhaga şi Masao Ninomiya, de la Institutul Yukawa de Fizică Teoretică din Kyoto, au spus în lucrarea lor, The Search for Effect of Influence from Future in Large Hadron Collider, că “producerea bosonului Higgs, pe care fizicienii speră să îl obţină în accelerator, ar putea fi incompatibil cu natura, în aşa manieră încât crearea sa s-ar manifesta în trecut, oprind acceleratorul de la a produce particula, la fel ca un călător în timp care se întoarce să îşi ucidă bunicul”.

Cel doi au mai speculat că Dumnezeu ar fi oprit LHC-ul pentru a opri oamenii să descopere bosonul Higgs, sau “particula lui Dumnezeu”. Această dovadă neagă credinţa şi fără credinţă, Dumnezeu este nimic.

Niels a mai adăugat: “Prezicerea noastră este că orice instrument care ar putea produce particula Higgs va avea ghinion. Dumnezeu urăşte aceste particule şi încearcă să le evite”.

Sursa: tgdaily.com

A semana nos arXivs…

Daniel — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:27:49 +0000

Y-system and Quasi-Classical Strings. (arXiv:0910.3608v1 [hep-th]) — mais um passinho na direção de se demonstrar a dualidade AdS/CFT
Matter from Space. (arXiv:0910.2574v1 [physics.hist-ph])
Higher-dimensional numerical relativity: Formulation and code tests (PhysRevD)
Grothendieck’s definition of a group (alguém disse Langlands Duality? )

Destino: Animação Surrealista de Salvador Dali e Walt Disney
O início de uma moderna revolução: Colunista associa período modernista ao surgimento de modelos que romperam com a física clássica — esse artigo vem em contrapartida a um que eu já citei anteriormente (semana passada), mas cito de novo, Abstract Science?
Higgs, Dark Matter and Supersymmetry: what the LHC will tell us — o interessante mesmo é a citação do Weinberg, sobre o futuro da Teoria de Cordas —, mais comentários podem ser lidos no seguinte link: comentários do Weinberg sobre o LHC, o “Higgs” e Supercordas
Brazil is the 21st-century power to watch — é um artigo bem escrito, no sentido de que o autor, sutilmente, aponta praquilo que o Brasil realmente tem de potencial; mas, esse não foi um artigo escrito pra ser balanceado e equilibrado em suas visões, então as descrições da violência, etc, são bem superficiais (não necessariamente incorretas, mas enviesadas…)
My Life as a Quant: Reflections on Physics and Finance: pra quem está pensando em ingressar no Mercado Financeiro, essa é uma boa dica de livro, principalmente pra quem é mais quantitativo

E, pra quem ainda não sabe, o Michael Green (um dos autores dos volumes Superstring theory: Introduction e Superstring theory: Loop Amplitudes, Anomalies and Phenomenology — ainda um dos melhores livros sobre o assunto) foi o escolhido pra substituir o Hawking na Cátedra Lucasiana: Michael Green elected to Hawking’s Cambridge post — entre outros, o Witten e o Maldacena declinaram a oferta.

İki Ünlü Bilim Adamı "CERN Deneyine Gelecekten Müdahale Ediyorlar" Dedi

ZAY ZAY — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:11:42 +0000

İki fizikçisinin, ortaya attığı bir iddia komplo teorisi meraklılarında büyük heyecan yarattı.
Tanrı parçacığı da denilen Higgs parçacığını bulmak için CERN’de yapılan deneyin karadelik yaratarak zaman tüneli açacağı iddia edilmişti. Şimdi 2 saygın fizikçi bu tünelle deneyin gelecekten sabote edildiğini öne sürdü…
Hakkında en fazla komplo teorisi üretilen konulardan biri olan CERN’deki Büyük Hadron Çarpıştırıcısı ile ilgili bugüne kadar bir çok iddia ortaya atıldı. Bir diğer adı “Tanrı parçacığı” olan Higgs parçacığı üretmek için çalıştırılacak olan Hadron’un, dünyayı yutacak bir karadelik yaratacağı, zaman yolculuğuna neden olarak gelecekten insanların gelmesine neden olacağı bunlardan bazılarıydı. Dünyanın merakla beklediği gün, Eylül 2008’di. Büyük Hadron Çarpıştırıcısı, dünyanın gözleri önünde deneyine başladı. Ancak deney, mıknatıslarda gerçekleşen bir arıza nedeniyle durduruldu. 8 milyar dolar harcanan ve 15 yıl süren araştırmalar, ertelendi. Daha sonra CERN’den yapılan açıklamada deneyin Aralık ayında yapılacağı söylendi.

CERN uzmanları, Tanrı parçacığını bulmalarına engel olan arızayı arayadursun, dünyanın en önemli iki fizikçisinin, ortaya attığı bir iddia, bilim dünyasını karıştırdı ve internetteki komplo teorileri sitelerinde büyük heyecan yarattı. Kopenhag’daki Niels Bohr Enstitüsü uzmanı Holger Bech Nielsen ve Kyoto’daki Yukawa Fizik Teorisi Enstitüsü’nden Masao Ninomiya tarafından kaleme alınan iki makalede, Hadron deneyinin gelecekteki bazı insanlar tarafından bilerek sabote edildiği öne sürüldü. Önce fizik sitesi arXiv.org sonra da New York Times gazetesinde yer alan “Büyük Hadron Çarpıştırıcı’na Gelecekten Bir Etki” ve “LHC’nin Üzerindeki Gelecek Etkisi” adlı iki makale yazan uzmanlar, şunları söyledi: “Higgs parçasının elde edilmesi, belki de dünyamız ve doğamız için yıkıcı bir etki yaratacak. Belki de gelecekte yapılan bir etki veya müdahale ile bunun önüne geçiliyor. Tıpkı, dedesine gençliğinde otobüs çarpmasını engellemek için gelecekten gelen bir torun gibi”. Nielsen ve Ninomiya, teorilerine kanıt olarak da 1993’te Higgs parçacığını bulmak için ABD’de yapılan deneyi gösterdi.

El Kaide şüphesi

United States Superconducting Supercollider’daki deney de milyarlarca dolar harcandıktan sonra iptal edilmişti. Yazarlar, bilim ne kadar ilerlese de Higgs parçacığı deneylerinin sorunla karşılaşacağını, bunun da gelecekteki müdahaleler yüzünden olduğunu söyledi. İddiaların, bu hafta CERN’de El Kaide bağlantılı bir Fransız araştırmacının bulunmasıyla aynı zamana gelmesi, internetteki komplo teorilerini artırdı.

Ο επιταχυντής, το σωματίδιο και η θεωρία για το πεπρωμένο

physics4u — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:30:08 +0000

Πάνω από ένα χρόνο αφότου μία έκρηξη την έκλεισε, η μεγαλύτερη και ακριβότερη μηχανή του κόσμου, γνω

Come with me if you want to live!

putsimply — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:55:05 +0000

I actually quite like the theory that the large hadron collider is being sabotaged by its own future

Si le LHC ne marche pas, c'est parce q...

awelwellwell — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:56:48 +0000

Si le LHC ne marche pas, c’est parce que le Boson de Higgs se prend pour Marty MacFly.

Et pendant ce temps là, dans la dans la Station Spatiale Internationale…