Posted on 11/16/2010 5:24:57 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(Reuters) - Scientists at the CERN research center say their "Big Bang" project is going beyond all expectations and the first proof of the existence of dimensions beyond the known four could emerge next year.
In surveys of results of nearly 8 months of experiments in their Large Hadron Collider (LHC), they also say they may be able to determine by the end of 2011 whether the mystery Higgs particle, or boson, exists.
Guido Tonelli, spokesman for one of the CERN specialist teams monitoring operations in the vast, subterranean LHC, said probing for extra dimensions -- besides length, breadth, height and time -- would become easier as the energy of the proton collisions in it is increased in 2011.
Other CERN physicists say the success so far of the world's largest scientific project suggests that some great enigmas of the universe they have in their sights could be at least partly resolved much sooner than they thought.
"One year ago, it would have been impossible for us to guess that the machine and the experiments could achieve so much so quickly," said Fabiola Gionotti, spokeswoman for another research team in the surveys, issued on CERN's website (www.cern.org).
RESULTS ALL THE TIME
"We are producing new results all the time," she added. The existence or otherwise of the Higgs, never yet spotted but believed to provide the glue giving mass to matter, should be settled one way or another by the end of next year.
The $10 billion LHC, whose operation and monitoring involves scientists and research centers in 34 countries, went into full operation on March 31, smashing protons together at near the speed of light with increasing energy.
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They'd damn well better look for any post-it notes left overnight by Dr. Emmett Brown!
Is there one where I’m married to Jessica Alba?
New materials. Possible novel new energy sources. Possible instantaneous travel. New physics to support new industries.
TIME TO SHUT 'ER DOWN!
CERN will know for sure that there are additional dimensions if the collider disappears. The relevant question is, how will they get it back? On well, 10 billion down the rat hole!
BTW, is the Higg’s Boson related to the Zombi Bozo?
Inquiring minds, etc. & etc.
Ah, so that’s where those extra 7 states are.
Possible black hole that will suck us all into oblivion.
But then I’m an optimist of course.
Wow...hope I live long enough!
I was wondering just yesterday, if Yaweh had a twin in another universe named Noweh.
Great I hope they hurry up, I want to go to Oz & have Glenda banish all the liberals to the desert. Also would be nice to meet Lazarus Long. Just hope we dont meet any Black Hats
“Whoa Nelly! Pack it up folks, we’re moving!”
Naw, that is where we will send Obozo, Princess Nanci and Prince Harry back too!!
I remember reading about a number of projects related to time travel that were proposed. The main problem appeared to be how does one actually verify a disappearing particle actually went forward, or back, in time.
I hope there’s one where I’m married to Julie Banderas.
I have proof there are multiple dimensions ...
Some days my Jeans fit and some days they don’t (very same jeans!)
TT
They’ll have to ransom the collider back from cthulhu or yog-sothoth.
Interesting ... another dimension, like space and time, or another variable expression of space and or time? It’s about time for a terminology shift ...
I could use another dimension to store the clutter in the dungeon basement. Too greedy during the last few Viking raids...
No. You're giving them waaaaaaaaaaay too much credit.
Kill all the physicists, eh comrade?
Misinterpret the obvious meaning of a sentence, eh illiterate greenspan fan boy?
You don't want to kill any physicists? That's a relief.
So you have an exact number of physicists who went to work on Wall Street or is this just a feeling you have?
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