07-27-2010, 12:06 AM
From the associated Press:
Big Bang investigators want new atom smasher
By EMMA VANDORE
..."It's the future of our discipline."
Instead of crashing protons together, the new international collider will accelerate electrons and positrons, their antimatter equivalent, he said.
In March, the Large Hadron Collider produced its first bang, the most potent force on the tiny atomic level that humans have ever created.
Two beams of protons were sent hurtling in opposite directions toward each other in a 17-mile (27-kilometer) tunnel below the Swiss-French border — the coldest place in the universe at slightly above absolute zero.
CERN, or the European Organization for Nuclear Research, used powerful superconducting magnets to force the two beams to cross; two of the protons collided, producing 7 trillion electron volts.
Heuer said that CERN's experiments so far have "done an incredible job," locating the particles scientists already knew existed. Now their job is to find new ones.
The colliders also may help scientists see dark matter, the strange stuff that makes up more of the universe than normal matter but has not been seen on Earth.
"Your work represents the oldest dream of man since he tried to understand and transform what goes on around him," Sarkozy said. "Why is there something rather than nothing?" Interestingly, Nagarjuna has already answered this. So to understand Nagarjuna, takes some effort (but not as much as maybe perceived), but once understood, one does not fall prey to such seemingly valid questions. The question "Why is there something rather than nothing?"is not valid in any way. Its the wrong line of questioning, only leads in circles. By try telling one of these scientists this. Imagine digging your whole life for a treasure only to come up with dirt. They may satisfy some of their questions, but not the ultimate one spoken of here...their true treasure-question.
The most amazing thing is that getting beyond this question is only a preliminary step, no big deal. A small feat. So they are creating an atom smasher, lol. Its like throwing a boulder to crush a gnat.
Big Bang investigators want new atom smasher
By EMMA VANDORE
..."It's the future of our discipline."
Instead of crashing protons together, the new international collider will accelerate electrons and positrons, their antimatter equivalent, he said.
In March, the Large Hadron Collider produced its first bang, the most potent force on the tiny atomic level that humans have ever created.
Two beams of protons were sent hurtling in opposite directions toward each other in a 17-mile (27-kilometer) tunnel below the Swiss-French border — the coldest place in the universe at slightly above absolute zero.
CERN, or the European Organization for Nuclear Research, used powerful superconducting magnets to force the two beams to cross; two of the protons collided, producing 7 trillion electron volts.
Heuer said that CERN's experiments so far have "done an incredible job," locating the particles scientists already knew existed. Now their job is to find new ones.
The colliders also may help scientists see dark matter, the strange stuff that makes up more of the universe than normal matter but has not been seen on Earth.
"Your work represents the oldest dream of man since he tried to understand and transform what goes on around him," Sarkozy said. "Why is there something rather than nothing?" Interestingly, Nagarjuna has already answered this. So to understand Nagarjuna, takes some effort (but not as much as maybe perceived), but once understood, one does not fall prey to such seemingly valid questions. The question "Why is there something rather than nothing?"is not valid in any way. Its the wrong line of questioning, only leads in circles. By try telling one of these scientists this. Imagine digging your whole life for a treasure only to come up with dirt. They may satisfy some of their questions, but not the ultimate one spoken of here...their true treasure-question.
The most amazing thing is that getting beyond this question is only a preliminary step, no big deal. A small feat. So they are creating an atom smasher, lol. Its like throwing a boulder to crush a gnat.