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LHCb announces a NEW particle
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Send message Joined: 2 May 07 Posts: 2066 Credit: 155,450,232 RAC: 168,249 |
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Send message Joined: 15 Nov 14 Posts: 602 Credit: 24,371,321 RAC: 0 |
Very interesting, but I see no mention of a BOINC contribution. It is hard enough to figure out what we are doing here. |
Send message Joined: 19 Feb 08 Posts: 708 Credit: 4,336,250 RAC: 0 |
Very interesting, but I see no mention of a BOINC contribution. It is hard enough to figure out what we are doing here. We are simulating. Tullio |
Send message Joined: 15 Nov 14 Posts: 602 Credit: 24,371,321 RAC: 0 |
Very well, but how much information can you get by simulation? Obviously, you can't do the whole experiment, or there would be no need for a large machine. But you get something. Can you help illuminate what that something is? |
Send message Joined: 12 Jul 11 Posts: 857 Credit: 1,619,050 RAC: 0 |
Well as far is SixTrack is concerned we are simulating the LHC accelerator, not an experiment. We are actually simulating the next upgrade to a High Luminosity version. (The accuracy of results from previous years have been confirmed in actual operation.) You do remind me that we are still missing references on the LHC@home Web pages where there should be several papers acknowledging your contributions. The experiments are I believe simulating events used to produce statistics for comparison with actual data from the LHC. Very well, but how much information can you get by simulation? Obviously, you can't do the whole experiment, or there would be no need for a large machine. But you get something. Can you help illuminate what that something is? |
Send message Joined: 15 Nov 14 Posts: 602 Credit: 24,371,321 RAC: 0 |
Thank you, that is interesting and motivating. I am not at a level to understand a detailed explanation, but that much at least is useful to know, along with anything else that you think might be appropriate. |
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