Astronomy/CERN

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Expert: - 9/20/2008


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Hi , how worried if at all should we be about whats going on at CERN

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Hello,

I believe I answered a question like this previously (well, anyway, it was a question bundled amongst others!).  As I pointed out to that questioner, there is nothing at all to worry about regarding the large hadron collider. It will make some neat collisions with portons at high energy, maybe finally discovere the Higgs particle, shed some light on the Big Bang and that's about it.

I get more gray hairs worrying about the coming impacts of man-made global warming than something like the LHC's antics at CERN!

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Philip Stahl

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I have forty years of experience in Astronomy, specifically solar and space physics. My specialties include the physics of solar flares, sunspots, including their effects on Earth and statistics as applied to astronomical investigations.

Experience

Astronomy: more than forty years experience starting with construction of my own simple telescopes. Worked at university observatory in college, doing astrographic measurements. M.Phil. degree in Physics/Solar Physics and more than ten years as researcher.

Organizations
American Astronomical Society (Solar Physics and Dynamical Astronomy divisions), American Mathematical Society, American Geophysical Union

Publications
Solar Physics (journal), The Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, The Proceedings of the Meudon Solar Flare Workshop (1986), The Proceedings of the Caribbean Physics Conference (1985). Books: 'Selected Analyses in Solar Flare Plasma Dynamics', 'Physics Notes for Advanced Level'.

Education/Credentials
B.A. Astronomy, M. Phil. Physics

Awards and Honors
American Astronomical Society Studentship Award (1984), Barbados Government Award for Solar Research

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