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<SnoopJeDi>
so apparently LHC is enough to think about probing γγ → W⁺W⁻
<X>
16:44:02 <SnoopJeDi> γγ → X would be two photons creating [something]
<X>
Creating me.
<SnoopJeDi>
X, found you!
<X>
I am the something!
<UmbralRaptor>
X boson confirmed!
X is now known as X_boson
<X_boson>
Wut?
<SnoopJeDi>
ah and that design report claims there are some anomalous events that have "large missing E_T and no other tracks, but without detecting the photons"
<SnoopJeDi>
at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV, mind
<SnoopJeDi>
so yea, looks like LHC is enough to make it happen, although it's not a dominant channel
<whitequark>
huh
<whitequark>
!wpn egg
* galois
gives egg a boron germanium coilgun
<whitequark>
!wpn
* galois
gives whitequark a thulium Christoffel rifle
<X_boson>
Isn’t the LHC 7 TeV one way though?
<SnoopJeDi>
and it seems like to the extent that CTPPS is interested in γγ they'd be doing precision spectrometry on the protons to detect recoil
<SnoopJeDi>
X_boson, sqrt(s) is CoM energy, and that report was published in 2014, so it's talking about Run I
<egg|cell|egg>
Meow
<SnoopJeDi>
but yes the design top energy is 14 TeV CoM
* UmbralRaptor
pets egg
<SnoopJeDi>
!wpn UmbralRaptor
* galois
gives UmbralRaptor a proactinium ballistic tardigrade
<SnoopJeDi>
!wpn whitequark
* galois
gives whitequark an iron cetacean
<SnoopJeDi>
UmbralRaptor, don't you go firing that tardigrade at the Moon, now
<SnoopJeDi>
you're not supposed to drink the bong water, mate
<egg|cell|egg>
W Hobbicie J.R.R. Tolkiena drugie śniadanie było jednym z sześciu posiłków, które dobrze odżywiony hobbit zjadał w ciągu dnia.
<SnoopJeDi>
galois must be intimidated by non-English Wikipedia entries
<SilverFox>
>"second" "petit jeuner"
<SilverFox>
seems like frenchies are the ones needing to lay off the weed
<SnoopJeDi>
"frenchies?" :|
<SilverFox>
SnoopJeDi, you can't buy an unused mirror
<SilverFox>
math is just spicy numbers
<UmbralRaptor>
!8 will IAU resolution 2015 B3 solve my problems?
<galois>
UmbralRaptor: no
<SilverFox>
oof
<UmbralRaptor>
ah, I also need B2
<UmbralRaptor>
Also, it was slightly surprising to see an E. E. Mamajek as the lead author
<UmbralRaptor>
Bolometers measure bolos, and barometers measure baros. change my mind
<SilverFox>
what is a bolo
<SilverFox>
🅱olo
<B787_300>
UmbralRaptor: what are those resolutions?
<UmbralRaptor>
two weighted balls on a string that you can use as a throwing weapon. see eg: the ewoks in RotJ. Alternatively, a series of overpowered robotic tanks in a SF series by Ken Lamar
<SilverFox>
isnt that an ebola
<whitequark>
SilverFox: are you drunk or high or something
<SilverFox>
why not both?
<UmbralRaptor>
B787_300: various constants. B2 is 0 points for bolometric magnitudes (and makes the sun +4.74). B3 has a bunch of masses, radii, the solar constant, etc
<UmbralRaptor>
(earth, sun, Jupiter… _
<B787_300>
ah
<UmbralRaptor>
s/_/)/
<galois>
UmbralRaptor meant to say: (earth, sun, Jupiter… )
<UmbralRaptor>
…Ken Laumer? Anyway, the stories by other authors in the same universe (eg: S M Stirling, David Webber, etc) are better
<SilverFox>
imagine spending your career working on a field just to be the et al
* UmbralRaptor
eyes 100+ LHC PhDs
<SilverFox>
UmbralRaptor, what field are you in again?
<UmbralRaptor>
Mainly trying better simulations of radial velocity surveys, with a goal of making specific telescope and star suggestions. (Also if Earthfinder should be built)
<SilverFox>
should it be built?
<UmbralRaptor>
I'm probably doing something wrong with my calcs, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
<UmbralRaptor>
Related is how HabEx (assuming it gets selected) should do its survey. Do we want to target systems that are likely to have (interesting) planets, or avoid possible systematic biases?
<SilverFox>
make the interns do the boring ones
<UmbralRaptor>
(Though either way, we're going to be lucky if there are 50 stars in a 2 year primary mission)
* UmbralRaptor
meows at iximeow's cat
<SilverFox>
50 stars housing possible earths, or just in general?
<UmbralRaptor>
in general
<UmbralRaptor>
If we know that they have possible <strike>venii</strike> earths, we're more likely to find life, etc
<SnoopJeDi>
UmbralRaptor, galois has a log (and so do I) but I don't have them hosted or anything. If you're looking for something particular, I can grep it for you
<UmbralRaptor>
SnoopJeDi: I, er, found wq's via ddg
<egg>
!g "the only thing there is to life is triangles"
<egg>
;g "the only thing there is to life is triangles"