CERN Visit in Geneva

in #science7 years ago (edited)

A few days ago I had the opportunity to visit Geneva. One of my first priorities was to visit CERN and take the tour at the facilities — at least the open to the public areas. It was a fascinating experience and I would recommend anyone to visit at least once in their lifetime. The tour itself was 2 hours. During that time I managed to bust the balls of the physicist on duty but I got enough to quench my thirst for knowledge.

Here are some pictures from the visit.





auditorium where the first exhibition that is open to the general public is hosted.




The boys working on the detector




The first (now retired) hadron collider. Apparently some radioactive decay material still lurks around so no drinks or food are allowed in the space.



Random equations featured on the second exhibition




This one was not open to public but it seems to be a statue featuring humanity's knowledge and what Carl Sagan prescribed/designed when we sent our data to outer space in case shit hits the fan for humanity













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Awesome pics.

Was it hot in the control room with all those projectors running? I have a projector at home, and it's amazing how much heat that little box puts out. It's like running a Bitcoin miner.

it was a glass casing. I have no idea. maybe @lemouth can enlighten you on the subject

This is the control room of the ATLAS detector, if I am not wrong. The guys can see the detector.

He meant in regards to the heat in the room from the projectors.

Ah ok, This I don't know. I have never stayed there long enough :)

Fucking !!! Perfectly spent in time! I envy)))

your steem post relay relay good

hey angie, do you wanna race or something?

wow, you are very lucky! And of course you will need to elaborate a bit more on this: "I managed to bust the balls of the physicist on duty...."

I asked many questions

Did he have all the answers?

The ProtoDUNE may be the finder to the missing piece. (fingers crossed)

Isn' t it wonderful to read the comments here...? :)
Hope you enjoyed the tour! Small particles physics meeting Universe! What an experience must be working in such a place..!

Yeap. Worthy human beings

Intriguing. Thanks so much. I have seen videos on youtube about CERN with mixed reviews. Fascinating possibilities.

What is the thing in the last picture called 🤔?

Looks like a metal ribbon .

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no idea. google it

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