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the temporal component.

тАЬA totally unexpected effect.тАЭ

тАЬTotally. And, of course, Giorgio immediately recognized the
macroscopic ram-ifications.тАЭ

Lagrange shook his head.

тАЬThe effect had occurred over a linear extent of nearly a millimeter,
but there was no reason why that could not be expanded arbitrarily.
ApparentlyтАФHave you read his 2017 Physical Review paper?тАЭ

Lagrange said he had, but with very limited comprehension.

тАЬApparently,тАЭ she continued, тАЬas the universe cooled, the Higgs field
congealed into microscopic domains, separated by walls like, mmm ...тАЭ As
she searched for an analogy, a tiny crevice appeared between her
eyebrows; despite himself, La-grange found it charming. тАЬLike that plastic
bubble paper they use to wrap gifts. The colliding beams popped the
bubbles, releasing their energy.тАЭ She raised her eyebrows. тАЬAnyway,
Giorgio did the calculations for how to scan the beams so the bubbles
would coalesce into a volume of arbitrary size.тАЭ

тАЬAnd inside the volume,тАЭ ventured Lagrange, тАЬwhatever was there
would move backward in time?тАЭ

She nodded. тАЬGiorgio said they would have to give him two Nobel
prizes, one wasnтАЩt enough.тАЭ She grinned. тАЬI suggested he should hold the
prize a few minutes, then move back in time and stand alongside himself.тАЭ
The grin vanished.

тАЬHe took you seriously.тАЭ

тАЬNot immediately. His first priority was to go around the world, giving
speeches. You understand, he was an incredible hero to physicists
everywhere. He mustтАЩve visited a hundred different countries.тАЭ

тАЬWhile the rest of the staff.. .тАЭ

тАЬEighty of us. Studied the effect, repeated it, tried to understand it,
tried to extend it. Eventually, we built a six-cubic-meter test chamber, used
a magnetic field to suspend and levitate it in a vacuum тАФand sent it back
approximately 3.3 picoseconds.тАЭ

тАЬYou mustтАЩve been ecstatic.тАЭ

She gave a little snort. тАЬI was disturbed. I felt there was something
fundamental we were missing.тАЭ