Why the LHC matters

josephpalazzo · Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 8:48 am Post subject:

Heh, no one looked at my fourth option: iv) If no discovery of new particles takes place, then this would be just as intriguing.

Anyone remembers that the null result of the Michelson-Morley experiment -- they were to measure the Earth's drag velocity through the Aether, which was postulated to account for the existence of electromagnet waves from Maxwell's equations, predicted and then verified by Hertz. Their null result -- no drag speed -- led to Einstein's Theory of Relativity.

So, suppose that no new particles are discovered by the LHC... no Higgs boson, no susy partners, and untold number of papers published in reputable journals all amounting to nothing.

Hum, delightfully scary...

joshuas3521 · Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 2:32 pm Post subject:

josephpalazzo · Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 9:07 am Post subject:

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) can achieve an energy that no other particle accelerators have reached before, but Nature routinely produces higher energies in cosmic-ray collisions.

jambrose · Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 2:09 am Post subject:

now we only need a mad scientist to get a hold of this "LHC" and take earth as hostage.

this stuff if so awesome (future physicist)

josephpalazzo · Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 10:24 am Post subject:

GodWarrior98 · Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 6:50 pm Post subject:

jambrose · Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 7:19 pm Post subject:

twas a joke Smile

GodWarrior98 · Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 7:38 pm Post subject:

emo samurai · Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 8:20 pm Post subject:

Starling, without the pursuit of scientific knowledge, we're pretty much just trading stocks and buying clothes all day. Quite the utopia you've imagined, huh?
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josephpalazzo · Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 9:11 am Post subject:

An alternative to the Higgs boson, the "Holy Grail" of LHC efforts which is responsible for assigning masses to elementary particles,
is the search for a new dimension, which could provide an alternative explanation for the slew of particles that make up Standard model...

Read the full article...

josephpalazzo · Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 4:28 pm Post subject:

Another major development: the event of a ZZ pair. This is thought to be a prelude to the Higgs boson, the most sought-after particle.

NOTE: the weak nuclear force is mediated by three bosons: W+, W-, and Z. The pairing of ZZ is a rare event -- you need 200 trillion proton-antiproton collisions, so finding these pairs is like finding the proverbial needle in a haystack.

Read the article...

josephpalazzo · Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 8:48 am Post subject:

The excitement is mounting at CERN. Some of the most basic questions about matter, the universe and what is our place in the cosmologic drama are about to be examined.

Let the Proton Smashing Begin.

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/29/science/29cernrap.html?ref=science

emo samurai · Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 8:49 pm Post subject:

The LHC undergoes initial testing August 9th, which is my birthday.

NEWSWORTHY 23RD BIRTHDAY FTW
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Knight_of_BAAWA · Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 8:52 pm Post subject:

http://www.lhcountdown.com/
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