In this thread, we look at the LHC and particle physics

[samoth]

Large Hadron Collider - The Search For The Higgs (30 minutes): A nice, simple video explaining the role of the Higgs field in determining mass in subatomic particles.

YouTube - Large Hadron Collider - The Search For The Higgs [1 of 3]
YouTube - Large Hadron Collider - The Search For The Higgs [2 of 3]
YouTube - Large Hadron Collider - The Search For The Higgs [3 of 3]

 

[Oceano]

it broke down

 

[samoth]

CERN TV: CERN in 3 Minutes
YouTube - CERN in 3 minutes

 

[ortiz34]

*moved to science board*

 

[samoth]

it broke down

It's not even scheduled to officially run experiments until 2009. It will be in testing mode for quite a while.

(The Hubble telescope was broke when they first turned it on, too.)

 

[Oceano]

It's not even scheduled to officially run experiments until 2009. It will be in testing mode for quite a while.

(The Hubble telescope was broke when they first turned it on, too.)

I thought they were due to smash particles this week only for the machine to break down?

we're talking about the same collider machine aren't we, the one in Switzerland?

 

[chris302001]

I thought they were due to smash particles this week only for the machine to break down?

we're talking about the same collider machine aren't we, the one in Switzerland?

Yes, your talking about the same machine, and no.....last week or whenever was only a test......they didnt fire it up completely (for lack of a better term).

 

[redguru]

It's not even scheduled to officially run experiments until 2009. It will be in testing mode for quite a while.

(The Hubble telescope was broke when they first turned it on, too.)

Thanks to engineers for giving Hubble "eyeglasses".

 

[eddymerckx]

if we get a black hole the gobbles-up the earth before i get my wife to bring home some of her tri-delt alumae sister for naked twister i am holding samote personally responsible for my life not yet lived.

 

[JR76]

Every time I read the name, I can't help but see the word, "Large Hardon Collider."

 

[-Ariel-]

Every time I read the name, I can't help but see the word, "Large Hardon Collider."

LOL...
Hey Samoth, Are you familiar with Sir Martin Rees and his theory of Multiverses...
He had a take on all of this, I just don't remember what he said...
I need to know more about this, but just throwing a question out there about this physicist.

 

[fistfullofsteel]

ever read slaughterhouse five? the aliens blow up the universe testing a new fuel for their spaceships. it's always the crazy scientists screwing up and wind up killing everybody.

 

[redguru]

ever read slaughterhouse five? the aliens blow up the universe testing a new fuel for their spaceships. it's always the crazy scientists screwing up and wind up killing everybody.

Because fiction is reality.

 

[fistfullofsteel]

Because fiction is reality.

reality can outdo fiction any day

 

[samoth]

LOL...
Hey Samoth, Are you familiar with Sir Martin Rees and his theory of Multiverses...

I don't recognize his name. Like quantum mechanical multiple universes or bubble universes? Mathematical theory or just popular books?

 

[fistfullofsteel]

will elitefitness be still around if we all get sucked into a blackhole?