ALICE detects the conversion of lead into gold at the LHC
ALICE detects the conversion of lead into gold at the LHC
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ALICE detects the conversion of lead into gold at the LHC
In a paper published in Physical Review Journals, the ALICE collaboration reports measurements that quantify the transmutation of lead into gold in CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Transforming the...
The ALICE analysis shows that, during Run 2 of the LHC (2015–2018), about 86 billion gold nuclei were created at the four major experiments. In terms of mass, this corresponds to just 29 picograms (2.9 ×10-11 g). [...] While the dream of medieval alchemists has technically come true, their hopes of riches have once again been dashed.
I mean, we still can't turn a ring of lead into a ring of gold, but this is really neat.