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OH MY GOD, WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!!!!

 
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newteacher



Joined: 31 May 2007
PostPosted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 7:35 am    Post subject: OH MY GOD, WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!!!! Reply with quote
Ok, so probably not, but strap yourselves in, this baby's supposed to be fully operational in September.

This is really cool. I'm wondering what's going to happen when this goes full blast.


http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2008/08/07/europe%E2%80%99s-large-hadron-collider-tests-the-bounds-of-physics-%E2%80%93-and-budgets/

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Underwaterbob



Joined: 08 Jan 2005
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 7:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Your URL doesn't work.
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newteacher



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 7:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Underwaterbob



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 8:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Physics rules! Anyone remember (or know about) this?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudbury_Neutrino_Observatory
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cheeseface



Joined: 13 Jan 2008
Location: Ssyangnyeon Shi
PostPosted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 9:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
No worry about death, there was a in depth interview on the BBC web site with one of the lead scientists......very interesting.

Anyway if they do some how manage to create a black hole it would only exist for less than a second.. Cool
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Illysook



Joined: 30 Jun 2008
PostPosted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 10:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yes, it's true. We will all die...someday.
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Konglishman



Joined: 14 Sep 2007
Location: Nanjing
PostPosted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 10:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Personally, I think it would be most interesting if no Higgs Boson is ever discovered. The Higgs Boson is a sort of weird add on addition to the Standard Model in order for mass to exist. There are certainly a number of other variations on the Higgs Boson idea that would also give rise to mass. So, I would not be surprised if it is never found.
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cheeseface



Joined: 13 Jan 2008
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 12:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Konglishman wrote:
Personally, I think it would be most interesting if no Higgs Boson is ever discovered. The Higgs Boson is a sort of weird add on addition to the Standard Model in order for mass to exist. There are certainly a number of other variations on the Higgs Boson idea that would also give rise to mass. So, I would not be surprised if it is never found.


The Higgs Boson is an explanation for dark matter.......isn't it? Confused
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Ukon



Joined: 29 Jan 2008
PostPosted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 1:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
"When this baby hits 88 MPH, your gonna see some serious S***"

-Famous scientist
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Konglishman



Joined: 14 Sep 2007
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 9:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
cheeseface wrote:
Konglishman wrote:
Personally, I think it would be most interesting if no Higgs Boson is ever discovered. The Higgs Boson is a sort of weird add on addition to the Standard Model in order for mass to exist. There are certainly a number of other variations on the Higgs Boson idea that would also give rise to mass. So, I would not be surprised if it is never found.


The Higgs Boson is an explanation for dark matter.......isn't it? Confused


It would certainly be interesting if Higgs Bosons were numerous enough to be a candidate for dark matter, but I have never heard of anyone ever suggesting that before.

A more usual candidate for dark matter is the postulated zoo of supersymmetric particles. Supersymmetry has some nice theoretical aspects about it, but I am also not a fan of it so to speak since it would double the number of particles and we have yet to detect one of them. This means that there must be a huge mass asymmetry between regular particles and their supersymmetric partners, assuming the idea is correct. However, the masses cannot be too big or this could cause potential problems with General Relativity.

So, most particle theorists think that if we do not detect any supersymmetric particles at the LHC, then the idea of supersymmetry will have to be discarded.
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aka Dave



Joined: 02 May 2008
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 1:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I guess there's no remaining reason to hold back on the beer and the donuts.
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