Large Hadron Collider to start hunt for 'God particle'

Mari333

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Tue Mar-23-10 07:55 PM
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Large Hadron Collider to start hunt for 'God particle'

The organisation that operates the Large Hadron Collider has set a date for the start of its science programme.

On Tuesday 30 March, engineers at Cern will make their first attempt to collide beams at an energy of 3.5 trillion electronvolts (TeV) per beam.

The LHC reached this beam energy last week, breaking its own particle beam energy record.

But, among other things, engineers will need to ensure the beams are stable at 3.5 TeV before trying for collisions.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8582778.stm

woohoo

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HysteryDiagnosis

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Tue Mar-23-10 07:57 PM
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1. I don't know why but I feel they will be generating more questions

than answers... seems to be a trend with this sort of endeavor.

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Mari333

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Tue Mar-23-10 08:00 PM
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3. thats the beauty of it!!

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GreenPartyVoter

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Tue Mar-23-10 08:00 PM
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4. That's science for ya. :^)

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tridim

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Tue Mar-23-10 08:00 PM
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2. All my good karma to the LHC. Stay Cool!

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stevedeshazer

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Tue Mar-23-10 08:03 PM
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5. Great stuff, love it.

But remember there will be nuts out there predicting the end of the world.

;)

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ixion

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Tue Mar-23-10 08:11 PM
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6. The God Particle is a great book

Edited on Tue Mar-23-10 08:11 PM by ixion

Lederman has the typical wit of a physicist, and he writes decently as well.

Here's to tracking it down for real. :toast:

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andym

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Tue Mar-23-10 08:22 PM
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7. The Higgs boson is supposed to be responsible for conferring mass

on other particles (that have mass) in the Standard Model.

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tridim

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Tue Mar-23-10 08:39 PM
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8. More detailed info at the Cern public site..

Edited on Tue Mar-23-10 08:41 PM by tridim

http://cdsweb.cern.ch/journal/CERNBulletin/2010/12/News%20Articles/1249542?ln=en
http://cdsweb.cern.ch/journal/CERNBulletin/2010/12/News%20Articles/1248907?ln=en

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Warren DeMontague

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Tue Mar-23-10 08:44 PM
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9. I hear it spends most of it's time worrying about who is fucking who & if they're married or not.

Get it? "God particle"?

... :shrug:

Anyway, stupid name, incredibly interesting experiment.

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