LHC generates a 'mini-Big Bang'

If we created a mini-universe in that experiment, it's possible that that fraction of a second it lasted could seem like billions of years to the inhabitants of said tiny universe.

Do these "mini bangs" happen anywhere naturally. I would say this should be a common occurrence in the universe now. If we can create it then it most likely is already happening. I think you have a good point.

Do these "mini bangs" happen anywhere naturally. I would say this should be a common occurrence in the universe now. If we can create it then it most likely is already happening. I'm not 100% but lead particles could not reach the speed they do in the LHC. It's artificial and meaning man mad but who knows maybe in a black hole.

Do these "mini bangs" happen anywhere naturally. I would say this should be a common occurrence in the universe now. If we can create it then it most likely is already happening. Despite what the article headline states... Nobody is making mini-Universes, nor even mini-Big Bangs. All they are doing is attempting to create temperatures hot enough and pressures large enough to be conducive to the creation of quark-gluon plasma. Quark-gluon plasma - if it exists as predicted by the Standard Model - would have been the initial state of matter just after the Big Bang. They don't know whether or not... [More]

I'm not 100% but lead particles could not reach the speed they do in the LHC. It's artificial and meaning man mad but who knows maybe in a black hole. leads natural, what are you talking about?

leads natural, what are you talking about? The speed that they travel at in the LHC is what I'm talking about, not the lead particles. The speed of the particulates were artificially increased.

Do these "mini bangs" happen anywhere naturally. I would say this should be a common occurrence in the universe now. If we can create it then it most likely is already happening. cosmic rays have energies that are far greater than even the LHC can create. cosmic rays collide with particles in our atmosphere so collisions like this do occur naturally. but as sepulchrave said, there arent any mini-big bangs

cosmic rays have energies that are far greater than even the LHC can create. cosmic rays collide with particles in our atmosphere so collisions like this do occur naturally. but as sepulchrave said, there arent any mini-big bangs Nor can we observe them in nature. If we could no need for a LHC I`m guessing.

Nor can we observe them in nature. If we could no need for a LHC I`m guessing. We can observe the sort of reactions that occur in the LHC in nature, its just that: We can't predict when they will occur, We can't predict where they will occur, and We can't predict what exact reaction will occur. Lead particles in a supernova would easily exceed LHC energies, but supernovae don't exactly happen on demand.

The press seems to be the one promoting the "mini bang" phrase. But labeling this as a "mini bang" is more understandable to the public than "glunons and other basic particles". The general public is still back in the hard shelled atom era. As for understanding it seems research has jumped ahead of our other needs for understanding and control. At this time I am sure we do not control lightning otherwise the US military would be using it fry someone or something. I am just picking on this because there is a huge amount of energy that is in lightning... enough to run the LHC. As with a many sci... [More]