The Large Hadron Collider

A 10' overview of the LHC project and its research plans

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Science & Technology

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• cern
• physics
• particle
• LHC
• proton
• collider
• science

[kalimul]

If matter and anti-matter were in equal amounts at the birth of the universe how come we still have matter today? Shouldn't it all matter have dissapeared? By this logic, anti-matter must have not existed in equal amount.....

[Keh0ol]

@kalimul because matter and anti matter could easily be seperated in space.. there is a lot of room after all ;)

[CERNTV]

@Keh0ol We don't know yet if there is any residual antimatter in space. There is an experiment called AMS, which will put an antimatter detector on top of the International Space Station soon. The detector was assembled and tested at CERN, and is now waiting for a lift on the Shuttle. Check: watch?v=rxERIDL8Cw0

SdG

[CERNTV]

@kalimul you hit the nail on the head. This is exactly what the LHCb experiment is trying to find out. I am about to post a new feature movie on LHCb and the matter-antimatter mystery.

SdG

[JoshRules28]

Over 9000 magnets!!!!

[BloXboX37]

Fucking magnets, How do they work? 

[bdbrown3889]

@kalimul Antimatter-matter inequality is due to the repulsive gravity present just after the big bang

[zacthebold]

How much did it cost? How much energy is used to operate it? Who pays for it?

[Stephenthecupcake101]

There has got to be more to this than they are leting on, how do you convince someone to donate billions of dollars with the title, 'we can understand the universe better.'  Now if we could create worm wholes then I would understand. Going from one place to another without any time lag, amazing breakthrough for the human race. But thats a big if....isn't it?

[Stephenthecupcake101]

@JoshRules28 What over 9000?!?!

[Stephenthecupcake101]

We've come a long way, also, if you happen to live in a world where the laws of physics don't apply, god help you.

[Stephenthecupcake101]

@JJSOKEWL Well I've been hearing rumors that they are trying to find free energy, I'd say it's worth it. Besides, this shouldn't scare you, hell we have enough nukes to destroy the world 15 times over, this compared to that isn't much. Think about the out comes this could have, free energy for everyone, we could teraform deserts, set up water filtration systems in Africa, say goodbey to petrolium, coal, and nuclear fission.

[flugente]

the advantage of beeing intelligent 

[hapselol]

Was the "more than 9000 magnets" intended? I love science!!! <3 (i was about to write god i love science but..)

[JJSOKEWL]

Ok so i dont really know anything about the Hadron Collider but from what i know its a huge fucking system that brings forth two atoms and collides them and blows them up......and its underground which ties into the info i have heard about leading upto how the hadron collider can destroy the earth...?!? so they risked destroying the world in order to get........research......serio­usly whats the point in having knowledge about this if the earth is gone