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This kind of stuff is regularly done at LHC - they simulate the detectors and the collisions, and then compare real data against that, to both confirm that the
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This kind of stuff is regularly done at LHC - they simulate the detectors and the collisions, and then compare real data against that, to both confirm that the detectors are working properly, and for searching of new physics.
- fhars 8y agoNot only LHC, this has been the standard procedure in high energy physics since at least the early 1970ies.
- jlj 8y agoAlso in the LIGO project, it's a branch of astrophysics called numeric relativity. The gravity wave signatures predicted by the simulations was what helped confirm the LIGO detections of black hole and neutron star mergers. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numerical_relativity https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numerical_relativity