After staying in a quiet and sleeping city of Halle in Germany, I came down to Bangalore, India on December 25th night. I travelled through the city traffic in an auto and I am amazed to see how thing have changed!! From Bad to worse ( at times).
I sat in the auto, this auto driver was smoking and even after I sat down, he continued driving with cigarette in his hand and smoking! This was striking to me and I took enough courage to ask him “what sir, do you smoke when a passenger/customer is sitting in your auto and you drive??? “. He probably did not expect this from me. But then he replied in such a way it does not matter to him whether a passenger is there or not!! That really pissed me off! I but still continued my journey to the city in his auto, To my luck, he through his half burnt cigarette outside (Of course to the road!!) I did not talk to him after that. He was driving crazy!!! No Traffic rules... Of course in Bangalore, we cannot tell/convince any traffic rules to these auto drivers. Till my destination, I did not utter a single word to him, but he was driving crazy!!! I stopped him in my destination point and gave him money and told him please do not smoke in future when a passenger is inside your auto !! He said “OK SIR”. But that expression on his face told me the complete story. It really did not matter to him!
In fact while travelling in his auto I was observing outside. There are new pavements, nearby small gardens, sitting benches ( I don’t know who is gonna sit in these roadside benches when you have so much polluted air around ) and murals. It was fascinating to see the wall paintings depicting the richness of Karnataka. That was wonderful to see. (I will take pictures of them and will post them in my next blog). Looks like the city developments are going in right direction. But who is going to teach CIVIC SENSE to people?? Will that be taught in schools or it should come naturally to us?
Am I asking/expecting more ??
Wednesday, 17 February 2010
Saturday, 11 October 2008
LHC :Large Hadron Collider
"Merci, merci," a relieved Lyn Evans, LHC's project leader, thanked the applauding
physicists and engineers just before 10:30 local time on 10th September 2008 morning,
physicists successfully circulated the first protons around the 27-kilometer ring of the Large
Hadron Collider (LHC), located at CERN outside of Geneva, Switzerland.
This was the day and moment scientists in CERN were waiting after a decade long hard
work at this Swiss-French border. This is a 27-kilometer ring which will be used to accelerate
the atomic particles called "protons" and collide each other. The intention of this experiment
is that scientists are hopeful of getting more information about much eluding particles called
"BOSONS", theretically put forward by Mr. Higgs. So these particles are famously called as
"HIGGS BOSONS". Remember that the particle BOSON also has Indian tinge. These sub-nuclear particles follow some rules in statistics put forwarded by S.N.Bose. So in turn u can call these as BOSE particles too. Actually we physicists are more familiar with this kind of
naming.
Why is HIGGs BOSON important ???. Theory says that HIGGS bosons are responsible for
the MASS of the any particles. So in this Large Hadran Collider, using superconducting
magnets, bunches of protons will be accelerated to nearly the speed of light — and collide
them at energies of 7 teraelectronvolts (trillion electronvolts), hopeful of generate super-
heavy and unseen particles until now. Hopeful of getting some information about the existence of BOSONs in reality.
As the editor of the NATURE magazine puts this as " Oxygen of Publicity". I feel this experiment has attracted attention of the public to a greater extent with all sort of gossips from the media. I guess this experiment has drawn attention of the public even more than the first time space walk by Astronauts. In a way it is good because this is a new stuff for common public. Probably a strange topic too. May be public wanted some 'new and exciting' news to hear rather than hearing everyday's bombing, floods, movies.
Guys, hold your breath. On September 10th, scientists just tested the first proton beam. It circulated the 27km accelerator. This was a great moment for all those who are working there. They did not try to collide the proton beam. It is like testing a toy or electronic gadget for the first time after you buy it.This kind of experiment cannot be done in daily basis. Because there are lot of things which are MUST in the list. For example : Proton beam must be focused while moving fast. This depends on proper working of some 10000 superconducting magnets made of Niobium-Titanium alloy. (Focusing cannot be done using simple optics as with the light). These magnets needs to be kept at Liquid Helium temperature ( Say -271C, i.e 1.9kelvin) carrying a current of 10000amps. (we in the laboratory work in the ranges of 1-3amps at 25C or 273kelvin). The magnets carry this enormous load without generating heat, but if a section of the niobium–titanium rises above its operating temperature it can lead to a catastrophic failure known as a 'quench'.
Here are some of the general information about this Large Hadron Collider [http://www.nature.com/news/specials/lhc/index.html]:
1. This is a US$4.1 billion proton smasher.
2. Under optimum operating conditions, this collider or accelerator will have protons beam traveling in near speed of light, thus achieving an energy about 5 teraelectronvolts[1 TeV: about the energy of motion of a flying mosquito].
3. This is a 27-kilometer ring about 100meters below the earth's surface.
By now you might be thinking that physicist or in general scientists scratch their heads with crazy questions to answer ??. Well, I will say NO. After all, we should try to understand the great NATURE at our hand. Anyway, September 10th was exciting day for me.
Guys, Comments are welcome ...
physicists and engineers just before 10:30 local time on 10th September 2008 morning,
physicists successfully circulated the first protons around the 27-kilometer ring of the Large
Hadron Collider (LHC), located at CERN outside of Geneva, Switzerland.
This was the day and moment scientists in CERN were waiting after a decade long hard
work at this Swiss-French border. This is a 27-kilometer ring which will be used to accelerate
the atomic particles called "protons" and collide each other. The intention of this experiment
is that scientists are hopeful of getting more information about much eluding particles called
"BOSONS", theretically put forward by Mr. Higgs. So these particles are famously called as
"HIGGS BOSONS". Remember that the particle BOSON also has Indian tinge. These sub-nuclear particles follow some rules in statistics put forwarded by S.N.Bose. So in turn u can call these as BOSE particles too. Actually we physicists are more familiar with this kind of
naming.
Why is HIGGs BOSON important ???. Theory says that HIGGS bosons are responsible for
the MASS of the any particles. So in this Large Hadran Collider, using superconducting
magnets, bunches of protons will be accelerated to nearly the speed of light — and collide
them at energies of 7 teraelectronvolts (trillion electronvolts), hopeful of generate super-
heavy and unseen particles until now. Hopeful of getting some information about the existence of BOSONs in reality.
As the editor of the NATURE magazine puts this as " Oxygen of Publicity". I feel this experiment has attracted attention of the public to a greater extent with all sort of gossips from the media. I guess this experiment has drawn attention of the public even more than the first time space walk by Astronauts. In a way it is good because this is a new stuff for common public. Probably a strange topic too. May be public wanted some 'new and exciting' news to hear rather than hearing everyday's bombing, floods, movies.
Guys, hold your breath. On September 10th, scientists just tested the first proton beam. It circulated the 27km accelerator. This was a great moment for all those who are working there. They did not try to collide the proton beam. It is like testing a toy or electronic gadget for the first time after you buy it.This kind of experiment cannot be done in daily basis. Because there are lot of things which are MUST in the list. For example : Proton beam must be focused while moving fast. This depends on proper working of some 10000 superconducting magnets made of Niobium-Titanium alloy. (Focusing cannot be done using simple optics as with the light). These magnets needs to be kept at Liquid Helium temperature ( Say -271C, i.e 1.9kelvin) carrying a current of 10000amps. (we in the laboratory work in the ranges of 1-3amps at 25C or 273kelvin). The magnets carry this enormous load without generating heat, but if a section of the niobium–titanium rises above its operating temperature it can lead to a catastrophic failure known as a 'quench'.
Here are some of the general information about this Large Hadron Collider [http://www.nature.com/news/specials/lhc/index.html]:
1. This is a US$4.1 billion proton smasher.
2. Under optimum operating conditions, this collider or accelerator will have protons beam traveling in near speed of light, thus achieving an energy about 5 teraelectronvolts[1 TeV: about the energy of motion of a flying mosquito].
3. This is a 27-kilometer ring about 100meters below the earth's surface.
By now you might be thinking that physicist or in general scientists scratch their heads with crazy questions to answer ??. Well, I will say NO. After all, we should try to understand the great NATURE at our hand. Anyway, September 10th was exciting day for me.
Guys, Comments are welcome ...
Friday, 10 October 2008
LHC :Large Hadron Collider coming soon
guys, you might have heard about the BIG BANG experiment (this is what general public say..) recently held ?. What is it all about ?? please check my blog over the weekend. i will provide some information about what i understood...
Friday, 26 September 2008
After long time bloging..
Friends, its really after long time i came to this bloging world. yet, followed some of them during this quite period. Lots of things happened in between, personally and worldwide too. some for good, some for bad reasons. The best thing that happened to us(myself and my wifey) is that i am promoted in life !! Yes people, we have become FATHER to a wonderful ba
by boy.. The new wonderkidd has arrived into our life on 4th of August. We have named him Yash. Its a different world altogether for both myself and my wife. we are enjoying every moment of his growth.
The times have changed. Lemme start with sports. I am a keen follower of some of the sports like cricket, Soccer. Cricket was the best thing in my school days. but now, looks like money has taken a toll on that sport too. Everybody wants to play for a 20-20 match and mint money. Policies have been changed in the BCCI. People who don't know how to bat are 20-20 heroes !! :). thats the craziest thing one can observe. The IPL was a crazy stuff in total. I guess the saying " money goes to the people who have money" is absolutly right. Its is unfortunate that the similar interest is not taken into other sports like hockey, tennis.
This trend is not restricted to cricket. Here in Europe, the craze is in Soccer. I was amazed to see the Germany's best soccer players did not participate in Olympics. All were playing BundesLiga where one player gets maximum money. I feels that the players had feeling that "why to waste time in participating in olympics, why to eat chinese noodles for so many days ? we better eat beaf here in europe" !! :). It is really disappointing to see that Germany is not grooming better soccer players for the future. Every Euro is going towards hiring international players.
OK guys, the little tiger at home calling.. i will continue my feelings soon in other areas too. keep watching.
by boy.. The new wonderkidd has arrived into our life on 4th of August. We have named him Yash. Its a different world altogether for both myself and my wife. we are enjoying every moment of his growth.The times have changed. Lemme start with sports. I am a keen follower of some of the sports like cricket, Soccer. Cricket was the best thing in my school days. but now, looks like money has taken a toll on that sport too. Everybody wants to play for a 20-20 match and mint money. Policies have been changed in the BCCI. People who don't know how to bat are 20-20 heroes !! :). thats the craziest thing one can observe. The IPL was a crazy stuff in total. I guess the saying " money goes to the people who have money" is absolutly right. Its is unfortunate that the similar interest is not taken into other sports like hockey, tennis.
This trend is not restricted to cricket. Here in Europe, the craze is in Soccer. I was amazed to see the Germany's best soccer players did not participate in Olympics. All were playing BundesLiga where one player gets maximum money. I feels that the players had feeling that "why to waste time in participating in olympics, why to eat chinese noodles for so many days ? we better eat beaf here in europe" !! :). It is really disappointing to see that Germany is not grooming better soccer players for the future. Every Euro is going towards hiring international players.
OK guys, the little tiger at home calling.. i will continue my feelings soon in other areas too. keep watching.
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