And just like that on 11/23/09 we have entered the era of collisions at the LHC.
What this image is showing is energy that was deposited in the CMS (Compact Muon Solenoid) detector when two circulating beams of protons were sent whizzing around the LHC and made to collide somewhere near the center of a 5 story 5 ton heap of electronics.
There is no sense in getting to rushed about this though...while it is a monumental achievement...almost all the physics that is to come for the next year or so will be garbage out of CERN since they need to test/calibrate/and retest all their systems until they understand them. But in the mean time...this is good cause to be excited that we are entering a new era of discovery!
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