xkcd #3286: Particle Physics Equipment

xkcd #3286: Particle Physics Equipment

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The one that sounds like the oracle at the center of the galaxy where the hero travels to hear a prophecy is probably Brookhaven National Laboratory's now-dismantled COSMOTRON.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3286/

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AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 1d (2 replies)

I would have put cyclotron halfway

marcos@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1d (1 reply)

Plenty of underutilized names there.

I mean "scintillation counter"?! That's all the way to the right.

SuperNovaStar@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 23h

Right? I want to keep count of my scintillations, for sure