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Hlafordlaes
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OK, here's my first foray into the physics section, and I might as well start by giving you all a good indication of my overwhelming ignorance.
Here's my questions: The images one sees around from colliders such as the LHC, you know, the curly lines showing particles going off in different directions after atoms or ions are smashed together, how do we get them? Do ALL particles give off EM? Are there any that need to be imaged in some other way, and what way could that be? And does the energy and wavelength of the EM indicate the type of particle, or what differentiates them? How would we know when we "see" the first Higgs boson, for example?
Thank ye kindly in advance.
[Not a homework question, I am waaay too old for that.]
Here's my questions: The images one sees around from colliders such as the LHC, you know, the curly lines showing particles going off in different directions after atoms or ions are smashed together, how do we get them? Do ALL particles give off EM? Are there any that need to be imaged in some other way, and what way could that be? And does the energy and wavelength of the EM indicate the type of particle, or what differentiates them? How would we know when we "see" the first Higgs boson, for example?
Thank ye kindly in advance.
[Not a homework question, I am waaay too old for that.]