Can someone tell me, in my doomed ignorance, how they timed that too-speedy
particle arriving at CERN? I know it's elementary for those to whom it is.
Mebbe Bruce Sherwood can give a briefing? I welcome.
Peter Lissaman, Da Vinci Ventures
Expertise is not knowing everything, but knowing
Subject: [FRIAM] Ignorant, Again!
Can someone tell me, in my doomed ignorance, how they timed that too-speedy
particle arriving at CERN? I know it's elementary for those to whom it is.
Mebbe Bruce Sherwood can give a briefing? I welcome.
Peter Lissaman, Da Vinci Ventures
Expertise
On 9/24/2011 12:23 PM, Nicholas Thompson wrote:
It was done with GPS (!)
PolaRx2e GPS receivers that end up providing 2.3 +/- 0.9 ns resolution
See page 9 of http://arxiv.org/pdf/1109.4897v1
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Can someone tell me, in my doomed ignorance, how they timed that
too-speedy particle arriving at CERN? I know it's
Nifty, Carl. It was gps. Blimey. N
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On 9/24/2011 3:02 PM, Carl Tollander wrote:
Tiny, but I get where you're going with it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frame_dragging
Here's the report from Gravity Probe B that observed it:
http://arxiv.org/abs/1105.3456
At 37.2 milli-arc seconds/yr, separated by 730km, it doesn't seem to be
Yes, but it's a tough love.
--Doug
On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 3:06 PM, Stephen Guerin
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On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 2:47 PM, Nicholas Thompson
nickthomp...@earthlink.net wrote:
I am nervous to ask this question for fear that Peter and Doug will yell
at me again,
