Posted on 01/20/2018 9:28:33 PM PST by BenLurkin
[T]he study of GRBs have been complicated by two major issues. On the one hand, GRBs are very short lived, lasting for only seconds at a time. Second, all detected events have occurred in distant galaxies, some of which were billions of light-years away. Nevertheless, there are a few theories as to what could account for them, ranging from the formation of black holes and collisions between neutron stars to extra-terrestrial communications.
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With the assistance of their collaborators in the US, France, the UK and Sweden, the team from Queen’s University Belfast relied on the Gemini laser, located at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in the UK. With this instrument, which is one of the most powerful lasers in the world, the international collaboration sought to create the first small scale replica of GRBs.
By shooting this laser onto a complex target, the team was able to create miniature versions of these ultra-fast astrophysical jets, which they recorded to see how they behaved. As Dr. Sarri indicated:
“In our experiment, we were able to observe, for the first time, some of the key phenomena that play a major role in the generation of gamma ray bursts, such as the self-generation of magnetic fields that lasted for a long time. These were able to confirm some major theoretical predictions of the strength and distribution of these fields. In short, our experiment independently confirms that the models currently used to understand gamma ray bursts are on the right track.”
This experiment was not only important for the study of GRBs, it could also advance our understanding about how different states of matter behave. Basically, almost all phenomena in nature come down to the dynamics of electrons, as they are much lighter than atomic nuclei and quicker to respond to external stimuli...
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Know lot of neutrons, X-rays and other fast decay particles.........
I tell ya, these scientists screwing around with science. One of these days they’re going to create a singularity which cuts the planet in two or worse yet, accelerate global warming.
Not sure why they do not go to the moon for onservations. Particles there impact with 1000 to 10,000 times the energy we could ever produce in a collider.
That was the first thing I thought of as well!
I'm competitive.
Dangerous. Sounds like they’re playing with fire and when you play with fire you’re bound to get burned.
Even your Momma knows that.
1. Because it is prohibitively expensive to go to the Moon and build and staff a permanent higher-energy particle laboratory.
2. Because research scientists prefer working under controlled conditions, with a high-density beam of energy of finely-adjusted, known specifications that they can turn ON/OFF or vary the intensity of, rather than waiting for the occasional cosmic particle of unspecified energy to wander into their set-up strike their sensor.
The flux of high-energy cosmic rays incident upon the surface of the Moon is deadly to humans. Exposure (unshielded) for just 15 minutes might be the equivalent of a thousand chest x-rays... But the beam from, e.g., the most-powerful Earth-based particle accelerators would burn a hole through your body in seconds.
Particles there impact with 1000 to 10,000 times the energy we could ever produce in a collider.
Having, e.g., two extremely-focussed, pencil-thin artificial beams striking each other in a frontal (head-on) collision can result in much higher yields than observing a random, stray cosmic particle striking a fixed (i.e., motionless) target.
Regards,
Nukes release gamma rays which degrade into lower frequencies. This experiment seems to be duplicating what happens in the polar beams of stellar core events such as black hole and neutron star formation.
Yeah, gamma ray bursts were first detected by the satellites we put up to look for nuclear explosions.
What could possibly go wrong?
Interesting fact. GRB’s can’t be detected on the ground because they’re absorbed by the ozone layer. A really bad GRB could cripple or destroy it.
You took the words right out of my mouth Alexander! :o)
Having, e.g., two extremely-focussed, pencil-thin artificial beams striking each other in a frontal (head-on) collision can result in much higher yields than observing a random, stray cosmic particle striking a fixed (i.e., motionless) target.
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they’re trying to do fusion with lasers at one of the california labs. couldn’t they do the same thing with gama rays. if so would the process be more or less energy intensive. (ie higher or lower electricity bill)
Nukes release gamma rays which degrade into lower frequencies. This experiment seems to be duplicating what happens in the polar beams of stellar core events such as black hole and neutron star formation.
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would they be able to do fusion reactions with gamma rays as they do with lasers in one of california’s energy labs? if so would gamma rays require more or less electricity/energy than lasers? put differently would would it cost more electricity to create gama rays or lasers? That is would electricity more efficiently convert to the power to make gama rays power a fusion reaction than would electricity convert to the power to make lasers power a fusion reaction.
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