Large Hadron Collider - The Search For The Higgs [2 of 3]

On November, 2007 the most complex scientific instrument ever built will be switched on. The Large Hadron Collider promises to recreate the conditions in the early universe. By revisiting the beginning of time, scientists hope to
unravel some of the deepest secrets of our Universe.

Within these first few moments the building blocks of the Universe were formed. The search for these fundamental particles has occupied scientists for decades but there remains one particle that has stubbornly refused to appear in any experiment. The Higgs Boson is so crucial to our understanding of the Universe that it has been dubbed the God particle. It explains how fundamental particles
acquire mass, or as one scientist plainly states: "It is what makes stuff
stuff..."

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Large
• Hadron
• Collider
• LHC
• Higgs
• Boson
• Atlas
• CERN

[harvellt]

I love the phrase "Matter is an energy condensate"

[budlives]

This may summon Galactus



[Kenshiroit]

@callawaydekluizen I agree, if you (general you) pay attention, the scientist from Gran Sasso asked for help in finding the error. Theoretically Neutrinos should not move faster than light, since they do have mass, small but its there.

[Diomedes01]

@callawaydekluizen Indeed. Which of course, is what makes it so tantilizing.

But as you said, it has to be verified. Which is why I love science so much over dogmatic religions. It makes assertions and then validates.

[callawaydekluizen]

@Diomedes01 true but everyone feels that if one makes such a huge statement you need a huge amount of proof to back it up. And saying that something can go faster then light is a pretty big statement.

[Diomedes01]

@callawaydekluizen Most likely, that is the case. But ultimately, that is for the testing to confirm.

It does remind me of all the hooplaa around the 'Cold Fusion' science that was all the rage in the late 80s. Which turned out to be nothing more than a glorified chemical reaction.

But ultimately, because Einstein's theory actually postulated the concept of tachyons and they are defined in the standard model as well, it makes for a tantalizing prospect.

[callawaydekluizen]

@Diomedes01 i wouldn't bet your house on it that they actually went faster then light... more likely it s an experimental flaw or something.

[Diomedes01]

"The particles faster than light (according to data) are neutrinos"

The concept of faster than light particles is actually predicted in physics. They are referred to as 'tachyons'. I wonder if these neutrinos have anything to do with the prospect of tachyons.

[Hrejwaltz]

Thousands of years, uncountable theories about numbers, forces, relations... and the question remains as it was in ancient civilizations... What the hell is to exist?

aiusdhiashdashdiahs physics make me laugh... billions of dollars over all that time to get the question that greek philosophers came just in their minds...not the answer, but the same fucking question auhsdsuiahdisahuisad

[FeignofCordor]

@TheTrancemaster90

Thank you for the Reply this subject interests me.

[TheTrancemaster90]

@FeignofCordor LHC is much powerful and bigger than the Tevatron in USA, infact it have a diameter of 27 km, and some of its detectors are colossal (like CMS or ATLAS).

The particles faster than light (according to data) are neutrinos, and it's an experiment between CERN and Italy (CNGS Cern Neutrino to Gran Sasso). Here LHC is used only for production of particles. However this result is under examination of scientific community.

[FeignofCordor]

@TheTrancemaster90

You sound quite knowledgeable on this subject can you tell me is the LHC big enough bearing in mind the one in the states is pretty massive . Also do you know of the recent findings about particles that where sent from one place to another and were registered travelling faster than the speed of light?