bababoulinet
162683
1971
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It’s a Tandem Van de Graaff in the Orsay University (france). It can work with 15 MV.
Here’s what it looks like from the above. Yep it shaped like a penis...
The yellow part is the accelerator, the green part is where we do science, and I work at the small red cross on the map.
Here’s where I work ^^ It command the accelerator.
Here is the lead door which protect us from the radiations.
And just for you : some sci fi big science stuff we’re working on \o/. Don’t worry I’m allowed to post all of this pictures. Thank you and sorry for bad English! The first post : https://imgur.com/gallery/3PRyN
Huttulungaronk
You need a new stool.
Mungle
So a quick CT scan is out then?
yacko69
if that's what you think a penis looks like you need to see a doctor
BEAUTYISINTEHEYEWHENYOUHOLDHER
You sure that isn't Doc Oc's lair?
mechanerd
Crymoonster
A Gundam cannon! :)
rakhsh
Please, before every experiment you run, say quietly "conditions could hardly be more perfect..."
quenchcrack17
You need 15MV to accelerate a particle? I can accelerate a 2 ton car with only 12 volts. Murica!
Briska33
(/◕ヮ◕)/ <3
bababoulinet
Briska33
Oui c'est mieux <.<
SilverBadgerBug
Nice Homer Simpson desk.
Erutanmi
Fucking cool. Me more please.
minionsandbananas
HUUULK
TheCosmosIsEvil
Danmanbadman
So what does this do? Like obviously it accelerates particles, but why do we want to do that? Just curious.
FlorisOlt
To smash them into eachother at enormous speeds in order to figure out what the most fundamental particles are, how they work and how 1/2
FlorisOlt
the fundamental laws of nature work (and to check whether our current theories are right -> hypothesis testing) 2/2
Twichie
Wow what vault is this, just so I can check the vault tech societal preservation program is on track.
PrimaMateria
I am envious :D
juoji
and of course the number of the sector (on the map) is 420
WhatzitTooya
...has anyone before used a particle accelerator to fire up a bong?
bababoulinet
TheMispelledGod
It rather looks like the millennium falcon than a dick. Just so you now.
Twichie
Wow, which vault tech bunker is this, just so I can check the vault tech societal preservation program is on track
SonderingStrike
Do you have a chain of paperclips?! Bery important!
Assbassador
Just admit it, you're the janitor like we all suspected.
thatsnotahealthysnackrebecca
Is this classified?
pointlessAI
I said this to him yesterday, in Uk you would get fired for sure but the French must be more relaxed
bababoulinet
No it’s not it’s a 40 years old technology
NotShakespearesSchool
You bad English it up! Thanks for sharing. Have fun!!! I am hoping my little man chooses the Sorbonne. But I will go wherever he wants.
bababoulinet
Thanks ^^
OneDayIwillPost
OP, are you sure you know what a penis looks like?
whynomemes
The most disproportionate penis I’ve ever seen
KapnKershaw
You, Sir, have clearly never seen French penis
CumsInPies
It doesn't look like my penis that's for damn sure
Briska33
It's look like HIS penis source: i'm the girlfriend
Lekkanaai
That is a whistle. But whatever toots your flute....
PaulFerrar
It’s upside down.
OneDayIwillPost
wetsoup
what would actually happen if you sat inside a particle accelerator and turned it on
bababoulinet
You get cancer
WhenNothingGoesRightGoLeft
It would be very difficult to get inside the part you're thinking of - it's the metal tube in the top image. 'Inside' the accelerator (1/2)
WhenNothingGoesRightGoLeft
where OP took the picture quite possibly has lower levels of radiation than the average in the outside world (because of all the shielding)
ashgrave
Get inside and turn it on, pretty sure that's how you gain super powers
SarcasticComment
Didn't an engineer get shot in the head with it?
SarcasticComment
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatoli_Bugorski
WeAreTheMadnessAndSanityIsOurFailure
"We're just throwing science at the walls here to see what sticks. No idea what'll happen. Best case scenario, you get superpowers.
WeAreTheMadnessAndSanityIsOurFailure
Worst case, some tumors, which we'll cut out."
FlyingSeaMan509
chemistsdoitintesttubes
Leukemia Man! Science has imbued him with the power of... Chemotherapy?
thatwoodguy
More likey burn a hole in him
Sendtittypics
No that's how you create the 200.
forsale90
Ask Anatoly Bugorski, he actually did. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatoli_Bugorski
CptRobotNinja
Dude thats DEFINITELY how you gain super powers!
juoji
if you call cancer and radiation sickness, skin peelling,hair falling,and maybe death, superpower, sure do (correct me if i ommited symptom)
OkramTheBarbarian
Compared to live slowly through this economy in Detroit?
juoji
well i don't know, i'm not a burger, but go on, explain what the fuck is happening
OkramTheBarbarian
A joke, will die in the foreseeable future
juoji
can you be even more cryptic ?
BananaBro
I think the area where the particles are beamed through is a couple inches at most. Maybe the tip of OP's finger can get superpowers though
OkramTheBarbarian
Said your mom
stormegedendarklordofall
Just the tip?
JodyHighroller
Or the tip of something else ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
BananaBro
or a nasty burn and a tiny bit of cancer
WallpaperProblems
Sounds good
BaconAndBoobsAndBackflips
I’m pretty sure 15 million volt will Instantly kill you
BananaBro
Only if you're the shortest path to ground. Otherwise it'll go through whatever body part is shorting and back into the circuit.
BananaBro
If we consider 20mA to be dangerous, at 15MV they'd need a 300kW generator to hurt you. That logic is usually applied under 400kV though
PyllyNalleMissionaries
If 20mA is dangerous, why dont we die from touching both poles of an usb connector?
bababoulinet
No it does note create black holes. Bit I do fight headcrab
Katamoran
Do you guys keep crowbars around, just in case?
sDsnAlien
What exactly is the purpose of this? Research?
bababoulinet
Science ! You throw ions on radioactive sources and you observe what it does. (It’s more complicated than that but it’s the idea)
camelsnowman
Do you go to Ravenholm?
geekachuqt
That's EXACTLY what someone who was creating black holes would say...
TheGreyKnightsBANNED
But where's aperture science....
malakim
Does it open portals into hell tho?
Wedriftdeeper
What is Whiterose's plan?
nephastopheles
LOL I was just going to comment about this
Gentlemanriot
Is that a no pace maker sign on the lead door?
DaisukeAramaki
Wouldn't want one of those going haywire under (presumably) heavy EM fields. Imagine if it started induction heating! O_O
Gentlemanriot
No shit. I figured there might be a good chance with all that equipment.
21ACP
Ça va, @OP? Orsay c'est Tranquil non? Donc bus#6 est le merde.
bababoulinet
Un peu XD T’es étudiant dans la fac ?
CheeseIsNaturesFudge
The choppy English made this comment, and the post, way more immersive. +1
WhatJesusWouldDo
You type just like one of my French friends speaks and I love it
mrtannen
Have you met any people who work there that are prior military?
mechanerd
Bulldozer2017
Oh man she is such a bitch on Handmaidens Tale.
PaulChanel
+1 for the mention of Headcrabs. I'll loan you my spare crowbar. :)
FilipeNogueira
i can lend a Hazmatsuit.
Atomic2
And my axe
AncientPostNecromancer
And my crippling depression!
clk62
+1 for username reference.
bababoulinet
Baboulinet was taken :(
cheeseguy3412
"SCIENCE --> [Particle Thingy] -->MORE COMPLEX SCIENCE" - What I gathered from this post
khora
What color are the holes then?
soyelmariachi
You have Homer Simpsons desk...
Humphking
Is it true you guys are using it to open portals to other dimensions so the elites can let in demonic entities to rule the planet.
SurvivalQuotientToBeDetermined
It makes me sad that someone I know believes this
BrianNLS
That train left the station about 3,000 years ago
joeasimoneau2018
Too late on the demonic entities... They found their own portal...
ThatOneNerdNobodyCaresAbout
Better get 11.
bababoulinet
Not officially
dunkyclone
So