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141. I'm a Particle Astrophysicist, ask me anything - in Out of Pod Experience [original thread]
Lord Wamphyri wrote: Okay I have one.. Lets say you have two astronauts suspended in space 1 light second apart at either end of a long pole. (and for the sake of simplicity lets assume they are able to see each other unaided). Astronaut A sh...
- by Tsadkiel - at 2012.02.13 23:06:00
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142. I'm a Particle Astrophysicist, ask me anything - in Out of Pod Experience [original thread]
Hans Zwaardhandler wrote: Fermi's paradox... what is your take on that sir? another good one. i spoke on this when i was teaching astronomy labs a few years back. for those who may not be familiar, Fermi's Paradox asks... given the size and...
- by Tsadkiel - at 2012.02.13 20:46:00
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143. I'm a Particle Astrophysicist, ask me anything - in Out of Pod Experience [original thread]
Amaroq Dricaldari wrote: Are the Replicators from Stargate scientifically possible to build with any level of technology? self replicating machinery is one of the holy grails of modern robotics. there have been several attempts at this i...
- by Tsadkiel - at 2012.02.13 19:41:00
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144. I'm a Particle Astrophysicist, ask me anything - in Out of Pod Experience [original thread]
Borascus wrote: Have you seen any research or are you able to comment on whether or not the bond enthalpies of a collapsing neutron star raise exponentially? no, i haven't / cannot. bond enthalpies are usually associated with molecules thoug...
- by Tsadkiel - at 2012.02.13 19:34:00
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145. I'm a Particle Astrophysicist, ask me anything - in Out of Pod Experience [original thread]
Amaroq Dricaldari wrote: No, no, no, no, no. Go sign up for the airforce, asked to be assigned to that mountain complex, take the elevator, and go as low as you could possibly go. There, you can use your knowledge of astrophysics for something ...
- by Tsadkiel - at 2012.02.13 19:26:00
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146. I'm a Particle Astrophysicist, ask me anything - in Out of Pod Experience [original thread]
Alpheias wrote: So, has Graham's number given you headache yet? ye gods yes! Graham's number is the largest, finite number ever used in a mathematical proof (which i am still trying to wrap my head around... i'm terrible at abstraction). it...
- by Tsadkiel - at 2012.02.10 05:36:00
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147. I'm a Particle Astrophysicist, ask me anything - in Out of Pod Experience [original thread]
Arcathra wrote: Great thread, really enjoyed it so far . Tsadkiel, can you tell us something about neutron stars? How do they form and what are they special properties compared to normal stars? Also heard something about quark stars, what's u...
- by Tsadkiel - at 2012.02.10 05:31:00
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148. I'm a Particle Astrophysicist, ask me anything - in Out of Pod Experience [original thread]
Kehro Urgus wrote: Referring to one of the OP's earlier posts about the fate of the universe where heat death occurs. Assuming over time large parts of the universe cool to absolute zero creating a Bose-Einstein Condensate on a large scale, wha...
- by Tsadkiel - at 2012.02.10 04:07:00
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149. I'm a Particle Astrophysicist, ask me anything - in Out of Pod Experience [original thread]
Larry Wickes wrote: I guess I'm a noob when it comes to science.... Though, I've read almost every post up to now and first started when it was at page 3. Then every time I read a page, there was another, I actually went to bed an hour later la...
- by Tsadkiel - at 2012.02.10 03:51:00
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150. I'm a Particle Astrophysicist, ask me anything - in Out of Pod Experience [original thread]
Amaroq Dricaldari wrote: Tsadkiel wrote: Amaroq Dricaldari wrote: Remember to answer my question about wether it would be more CPU Effecient for CCP to have the ships simply go extremely fast when warping or to just make the game world 4...
- by Tsadkiel - at 2012.02.10 03:36:00
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151. I'm a Particle Astrophysicist, ask me anything - in Out of Pod Experience [original thread]
Quote: Can you explain what an air shower is? And what is cherenkov light? What are the major differences between the HAWC detector and imaging atmospheric cherenkov teleskopes like MAGIC or HESS? What are the respective aims of the experiment...
- by Tsadkiel - at 2012.02.10 03:20:00
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152. I'm a Particle Astrophysicist, ask me anything - in Out of Pod Experience [original thread]
Amaroq Dricaldari wrote: Remember to answer my question about wether it would be more CPU Effecient for CCP to have the ships simply go extremely fast when warping or to just make the game world 4- or 5-dimensional. if CCP wanted to we coul...
- by Tsadkiel - at 2012.02.10 02:22:00
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153. I'm a Particle Astrophysicist, ask me anything - in Out of Pod Experience [original thread]
heya guys, today is super busy and i have a meeting in about 5 minutes and then after i'll be at the bladder factory (i go to CSU and we make the bladders that hold the water for the tanks used in HAWC. these are GREAT questions (especially the on...
- by Tsadkiel - at 2012.02.09 16:50:00
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154. I'm a Particle Astrophysicist, ask me anything - in Out of Pod Experience [original thread]
Quote: Random semi-related thought question: What happens if we throw antimatter into a black hole? (I'm pretty sure I know the answer) this is actually the basis for the emission of Hawking radiation and the evaporation of black holes. curr...
- by Tsadkiel - at 2012.02.08 20:05:00
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155. I'm a Particle Astrophysicist, ask me anything - in Out of Pod Experience [original thread]
Quote: Questions: 1) How much antimatter would it take to explode the Milky Way Galaxy? 2) How much would it take to explode just a tiny, tiny corner of it? Say, Wall Street, for example. 3) Is there a way to make an antimatter containment fiel...
- by Tsadkiel - at 2012.02.08 17:56:00
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156. I'm a Particle Astrophysicist, ask me anything - in Out of Pod Experience [original thread]
Fiori 161 wrote: Here are a few others. 1. I read somewhere that although our sun is a "very average main sequence star" recent observations seem to indicate that it's output is somewhat more regular then others like it. Any truth to this? ...
- by Tsadkiel - at 2012.02.08 17:40:00
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157. I'm a Particle Astrophysicist, ask me anything - in Out of Pod Experience [original thread]
FloppieTheBanjoClown wrote: Tsadkiel wrote: it's more like "these are the only explanations that fit the current data" as for the big bang, well, we can recreate mini big bangs in particle accelerators and the models we have for the actual ...
- by Tsadkiel - at 2012.02.07 23:05:00
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158. I'm a Particle Astrophysicist, ask me anything - in Out of Pod Experience [original thread]
Fiori 161 wrote: Can you please explain the relevance of E=MC (squared)? I mean... I don't understand exactly why the speed of light is relevant to the energy delivered in a nuclear reaction. This has always bugged me, can you clear this up f...
- by Tsadkiel - at 2012.02.07 23:02:00
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159. I'm a Particle Astrophysicist, ask me anything - in Out of Pod Experience [original thread]
Eternum Praetorian wrote: Tsadkiel wrote: WHY electrons behave as both a particle and a wave are a different story. to my knowledge we don't know yet ! Yes that is what I said. We appear to be in agreement. Quote: * Realizes t...
- by Tsadkiel - at 2012.02.07 22:00:00
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160. I'm a Particle Astrophysicist, ask me anything - in Out of Pod Experience [original thread]
Alpheias wrote: Tsadkiel, since I am feeling mean and I want you to suffer, I want you to spend ten hours on Graham's number. i've never heard of this but now that i am reading about it i'm curious :3 more to come tomorrow. it sounds like so...
- by Tsadkiel - at 2012.02.07 21:52:00
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