Fermilab Looks for Visitors from Another Dimension


	Fermilab Looks for Visitors from Another Dimension

Silkweaver

9-19-2008 7:23 AM

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physics, extra dimensions, neutrinos

Silkweaver says:

The prospect of extra dimensions is fascinating. ET might already be here in a neighbour dimension.

Estimated to cost about $15 million, the MicroBooNE tank would be located near the MiniBooNE detector at Fermilab so that it could observe the same beam of neutrinos. This past June the lab’s physics advisory committee approved the design phase for the project; if all goes well, the detector could begin operating as soon as 2011.

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9-19-2008 1:16 PM

darkduskx

There was a time talking about extra dimensions was considered insanity....hehehe.

How times change.

9-19-2008 8:00 PM

Silkweaver

Times change, and other dimensions too...

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