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Large Hadron Collider to start again, but costs rise in race to discover 'God Particle'
The Telegraph ^
| 6/5/2009
| Richard Alleyne
Posted on 06/05/2009 5:15:33 PM PDT by bruinbirdman
The Large Hadron Collider is to be run flat out throughout the year in order to make up for lost time and to beat an American rival to finding the elusive Higgs Boson – known as the "God Particle".
The £4bn particle accelerator, which broke down last year, was to be turned off in winter to reduce energy demands during peak electricity prices.
But the delays and the news that a smaller less powerful accelerator at Fermilab in Illinois is closing in on the particle has meant it will continue running throughout the year – at an extra cost of £13 million.
Dr Lyn Evans, the Welsh scientist who heads the project, said: "It would have been terrible if we'd got everything working and then had to shut it down straight away.
"So we've decided to bite the bullet and keep it going. That means that if the schedule slips by a week or two, it's not so bad. Up until this year that was inconceivable."
Built by the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN), the collider lies beneath the French-Swiss border, near the institution's headquarters in Geneva, at depths ranging from 170ft to 600ft.
The aim of the experiment is to recreate the conditions that existed a fraction of a second after the Big Bang – the birth of the universe – and provide vital clues to the building blocks of life.
It will track the spray of particles thrown out by collisions in a search for the elusive Higgs Boson, a theoretical entity that supposedly lends weight, or mass, to the elementary particles.
So important is this mysterious substance that it has been called the 'God Particle'.
The "big bang machine" is currently being readied for its restart after repairs to the catastrophic fault that
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: fusion; godparticle; hadroncollider; science
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To: bruinbirdman
What are they going to do with the “God Particle” when (if) they find it?
I got a feeling it will find them instead!
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posted on
06/05/2009 5:24:04 PM PDT
by
mark3681
To: bruinbirdman
I predict it will self-destruct again.The magnetic containment field is not stable of strong enough.
3
posted on
06/05/2009 5:25:57 PM PDT
by
mad_as_he$$
(Nemo me impune lacessit (Two terms for politicians, one in office, one in jail.))
To: bruinbirdman
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posted on
06/05/2009 5:26:18 PM PDT
by
Talisker
(When you find a turtle on top of a fence post, you can be damn sure it didn't get there on it's own.)
To: mark3681
What are they going to do with the “God Particle” when (if) they find it? I got a feeling it will find them instead!I don't know what they will do with it.
All I know is they better not mention it in an American public school.
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posted on
06/05/2009 5:29:26 PM PDT
by
Lawgvr1955
(You can never have too much cowbell !!)
To: mad_as_he$$
Oh, it’s stable and strong enough ~ to create mini-black holes that begin sucking in and destroying everything around them ~ just like they did last time.
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posted on
06/05/2009 5:29:32 PM PDT
by
muawiyah
To: bruinbirdman
FINALLY! I hope they can make it happen this time. Had Kartoon not shut down the one we had built in Texas, America would be benefiting from this.
I predict great life changing things will happen from this. Unbelievable things.
Too bad 0’s in charge at this time.
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posted on
06/05/2009 5:32:38 PM PDT
by
TribalPrincess2U
(The plan... 0 in power for life. At least that's what they told him.)
To: bruinbirdman
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posted on
06/05/2009 5:32:58 PM PDT
by
Dallas59
("You know the one with the big ears? He might be yours, but he ain't my president.")
To: bruinbirdman
Gravitronics, editorial: Fusion and the large hadron collider 09 ...We spent 9 billion on the large hadron collider but cannot find 10 million for the Bussard fusion experiment? www.gravitronics.net/articles/editorials/gravitronics-fusion-and-large-hadron-collider-09152008.html - Cached - Similar pages -
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posted on
06/05/2009 5:34:49 PM PDT
by
Kevmo
(So America gets what America deserves - the destruction of its Constitution. ~Leo Donofrio, 6/1/09)
To: mark3681
As the article notes, the God particle (the Higgs boson) lends mass to elementary particles and as such is the basis for the creation of matter in the universe. As a Christian and a physicist, such a discovery could give insight into the creation of the universe.
To: Kevmo
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06/05/2009 5:35:22 PM PDT
by
Kevmo
(So America gets what America deserves - the destruction of its Constitution. ~Leo Donofrio, 6/1/09)
To: bruinbirdman
This kind of high $ chasing physics is a waste of time. -->
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06/03/2009 5:06:49 PM PDT by
Kevmo (So America gets what America deserves - the destruction of its Constitution. ~Leo Donofrio, 6/1/09)
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posted on
06/05/2009 5:37:27 PM PDT
by
Kevmo
(So America gets what America deserves - the destruction of its Constitution. ~Leo Donofrio, 6/1/09)
To: muawiyah
Oh, it’s stable and strong enough ~ to create mini-black holes that begin sucking in and destroying everything around them ~ just like they did last time. Just what we need on this planet...red matter!
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posted on
06/05/2009 5:40:50 PM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(Obamanation: an imploding administration headed by a clueless schmuck, with McCain as his Kowakian)
To: bruinbirdman
God has a pretty big budget and should easily be able to outspend them.
To: COBOL2Java
I hate to tell everyone, but it was turned on last fall and the world economy imploded. It is being turned on again? Is Gold higher enough in the Periodic Table to survive? Then Gold it is.
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posted on
06/05/2009 6:06:38 PM PDT
by
TAP ONLINE
( Democrats are Scorpions, you get the ride you deserve)
To: bruinbirdman
This will bring us closer to the Mind of God with an insight as to how He did it. I think this is beautiful and bring us closer to the Creator. Yeah, I am one of those Bible thumping Gun Clutching guys that the liberals love to hate. Ha!!!
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posted on
06/05/2009 6:20:20 PM PDT
by
jesseam
(Been there and done that!)
To: muawiyah
How far back was the last time?
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posted on
06/05/2009 7:33:12 PM PDT
by
x_plus_one
("Salvation comes about though change in individual lives, not through the ending of unjust society")
To: x_plus_one
You mean “last time when they fired it up and darned near destroyed the device”?
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posted on
06/05/2009 7:44:20 PM PDT
by
muawiyah
To: jesseam
"This will bring us closer to the Mind of God with an insight as to how He did it."Perhaps the Lord sent a message when they first tried to cranked it up!
yitbos
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posted on
06/05/2009 7:44:39 PM PDT
by
bruinbirdman
("Those who control language control minds.")
To: muawiyah
Exactly. It does not have the power to contain even a microhole.
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posted on
06/05/2009 7:45:39 PM PDT
by
mad_as_he$$
(Nemo me impune lacessit (Two terms for politicians, one in office, one in jail.))
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