The Tumblings of Kev

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    A 24 year old physics student, computer geek, all-around fun loving male from St. Paul, MN. This is a collection of my daily discoveries on science, life, technology, atheism, architecture and other things I find interesting and cool. Plus personal stuff.
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    Sun Nov 22
    4:20pm   |   9 notes
    ummwhat: two of them I’ll take worst case scenarios for 2000, Alex. What is the universe collapsing on itself?

    ummwhat:

    two of them

    I’ll take worst case scenarios for 2000, Alex.

    What is the universe collapsing on itself?

    3:05pm   |   2 notes
    Because all the oxygen was displaced by helium, argon and nitrogen.

    Because all the oxygen was displaced by helium, argon and nitrogen.

    2:27pm   |   1 note
    I want this sign. Wouldn’t you?

    I want this sign. Wouldn’t you?

    Sat Nov 21
    10:00pm   |   1 note

    LHC spam over

    I’m going to go back to posting nothing this weekend, which was my original plan, but the LHC photos were so cool, I couldn’t not post them. Ya know?

    9:44pm   |   0 notes
    Large Hadron Collider ready to restart - The Big Picture Installing the ATLAS calorimeter in November of 2005. The eight torodial magnets can be seen on the huge ATLAS detector with the calorimeter before it is moved into the middle of the detector. This calorimeter will measure the energies of particles produced when protons collide in the centre of the detector.

    Large Hadron Collider ready to restart - The Big Picture

    Installing the ATLAS calorimeter in November of 2005. The eight torodial magnets can be seen on the huge ATLAS detector with the calorimeter before it is moved into the middle of the detector. This calorimeter will measure the energies of particles produced when protons collide in the centre of the detector.

    9:29pm   |   0 notes
    Large Hadron Collider ready to restart - The Big Picture Integration of the three shells into the ATLAS pixel barrel, the innermost tracking device of the experiment.

    Large Hadron Collider ready to restart - The Big Picture

    Integration of the three shells into the ATLAS pixel barrel, the innermost tracking device of the experiment.

    9:14pm   |   0 notes
    Large Hadron Collider ready to restart - The Big Picture Work on the ATLAS semiconductor tracker barrel. Precision work is performed on the semiconductor tracker barrel of the ATLAS experiment. The semiconductor tracker will be mounted in the barrel close to the heart of the ATLAS experiment to detect the path of particles produced in proton-proton collisions.

    Large Hadron Collider ready to restart - The Big Picture

    Work on the ATLAS semiconductor tracker barrel. Precision work is performed on the semiconductor tracker barrel of the ATLAS experiment. The semiconductor tracker will be mounted in the barrel close to the heart of the ATLAS experiment to detect the path of particles produced in proton-proton collisions.

    8:58pm   |   1 note
    Large Hadron Collider ready to restart - The Big Picture A fireman examines emergency exit signage in the LHC tunnel on February 21st, 2008, during an exercise with French, Swiss and CERN firemen.

    Large Hadron Collider ready to restart - The Big Picture

    A fireman examines emergency exit signage in the LHC tunnel on February 21st, 2008, during an exercise with French, Swiss and CERN firemen.

    8:43pm   |   0 notes
    Large Hadron Collider ready to restart - The Big Picture A radiofrequency chamber of the LHC. Radiofrequency chambers give a kick to the protons once per circuit to increase their speed.

    Large Hadron Collider ready to restart - The Big Picture

    A radiofrequency chamber of the LHC. Radiofrequency chambers give a kick to the protons once per circuit to increase their speed.

    8:28pm   |   0 notes
    Large Hadron Collider ready to restart - The Big Picture Closing of the 30-inch-thick, 430 ton L3 door on the I side, ALICE experiment, on June 11th, 2008.

    Large Hadron Collider ready to restart - The Big Picture

    Closing of the 30-inch-thick, 430 ton L3 door on the I side, ALICE experiment, on June 11th, 2008.

    8:12pm   |   0 notes
    Large Hadron Collider ready to restart - The Big Picture Last views of the L3 magnet before its closure on June 28th, 2008.

    Large Hadron Collider ready to restart - The Big Picture

    Last views of the L3 magnet before its closure on June 28th, 2008.

    7:57pm   |   0 notes
    Large Hadron Collider ready to restart - The Big Picture View of the CMS Detector before closure, on August 17th, 2008.

    Large Hadron Collider ready to restart - The Big Picture

    View of the CMS Detector before closure, on August 17th, 2008.

    7:42pm   |   0 notes
    Large Hadron Collider ready to restart - The Big Picture View of the LHC machine in the tunnel at the junction part with the beam dump at point 6 on July 25th, 2008.

    Large Hadron Collider ready to restart - The Big Picture

    View of the LHC machine in the tunnel at the junction part with the beam dump at point 6 on July 25th, 2008.

    7:26pm   |   2 notes
    Large Hadron Collider ready to restart - The Big Picture A collimater for the LHC. The powerful LHC collimation system protects the accelerator against damage due to unavoidable regular and irregular beam loss.

    Large Hadron Collider ready to restart - The Big Picture

    A collimater for the LHC. The powerful LHC collimation system protects the accelerator against damage due to unavoidable regular and irregular beam loss.

    7:11pm   |   0 notes
    Large Hadron Collider ready to restart - The Big Picture Final preparations on a replacement magnet ready to be lowered into sector 3-4 on November 27th, 2008.

    Large Hadron Collider ready to restart - The Big Picture

    Final preparations on a replacement magnet ready to be lowered into sector 3-4 on November 27th, 2008.