ALICE detects the conversion of lead into gold at the LHC
(www.home.cern)https://www.home.cern/news/news/physics/alice-detects-conversion-lead-gold-lhcThe relevant part: "The ALICE analysis shows that, during Run 2 of the LHC (2015–2018), about 86 billion gold nuclei were created at the four major experiments. In terms of mass, this corresponds to just 29 picograms (2.9 ×10-11 g)."
Just need to scale it by trillions to make 1 ounce, but transmutation of lead to gold - the dream of many alchemists - is now just a by product of particle accelerators.
