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тАЬNo.тАЭ

тАЬBut you are more confident now.тАЭ

тАЬI am more confident now, yes.тАЭ

He sat down at one of the Megateks, fiddled with the joystick. тАЬHow
did Giorgio first get the idea about time travel?тАЭ

She leaned over one of the computers, began punching a few keys.
тАЬHere, better to show than tell.тАЭ

A moment later, at the center of his machineтАЩs holographic projection
volume, a schematic display of a detector appeared: cylinder for the central
portion, larger cylinder for the electromagnetic calorimeters, rectangle for
the hadronic calori-meters. She punched another button and, instantly, thirty
or forty multi-colored spaghetti tracks shot through the display.

тАЬA reproduction of event 1431,тАЭ she said. тАЬThe detector assembly
surrounds the location where the protons collide.тАЭ She hit another key, and
all but a half dozen of the tracks disappeared. She moved a joystick to
enlarge the display. Three-inch-long traces fanned outward from a single
point.

тАЬA jet,тАЭ said Elizabeth. тАЬNot that uncommon. The energy was 11.3
teravolts. NowтАЭ тАФagain her tapered fingers flew over the keys тАФтАЭlet me
show it to you as time passes.тАЭ

The traces slowly extended in length.

тАЬEach inch on the display scale takes about .2 picoseconds.тАЭ

Suddenly, at about four inches, each trace seemed to double, joined
by an adjacent twin, which streaked alongside it for about an inch and a half
before disappearing.

Lagrange turned, brow knit, palms up. тАЬIтАЩm sorry, I donтАЩt understand.тАЭ

тАЬNo one did,тАЭ said Elizabeth. тАЬParticles identical in every Fermi
numberтАФI know itтАЩs impossible тАФhad appeared from nowhere alongside
the originals. Giorgio finally made the mental leap.тАЭ

LagrangeтАЩs mouth opened in a silent Ah. тАЬThere were no new
particles. The originals simply moved back in time to join themselves at an
earlier instant.тАЭ

Elizabeth nodded. тАЬThe Higgs field had melted, mass had
disappeared тАФ and popped back about .3 picoseconds. The calculations
confirmed there was a chunk of energy missing; Giorgio called it tau-sub-e,