Housekeeping: Good Morning.
“Anything built by man can be destroyed by man as well, and usually at less cost than to build it”
Today
Topic 1: Incrementum’s IGWT Report is Out (also attached at bottom)
Topic 2: Gold Synthesized from Lead... for a Millisecond
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Analysis:
Gold Synthesized from Lead... for a Millisecond
Summary:
Gold has been created at CERN’s LHC—not through chemistry, but via high-energy nuclear transmutation. The ALICE experiment measured the conversion of lead into gold during near-miss lead-lead collisions. While the quantities are microscopic, the mechanism reveals insights into both nuclear interactions and the operational limits of particle accelerators.
The total mass amounted to 29 picograms (2.9 × 10⁻¹¹ g). The aggregate amount remains functionally negligible—millions of times below the threshold required for physical collection or application.
The generated gold nuclei do not persist. After creation, they continue along the beamline with high kinetic energy and collide with beam pipe walls or collimators. These collisions result in the immediate disintegration of the gold into subatomic particles.
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