thefinalfrontier Posted March 20, 2010 #1 Share Posted March 20, 2010 The Large Hadron Collider, the world's biggest physics experiment, has broken its own particle beam energy record.On Friday morning, the machine created two beams of protons, each with an energy of 3.5 trillion electron volts. The effort breaks the prior record, set by the LHC in December, of just over a trillion electron volts in each beam. The LHC will now aim to smash those two beams together, hoping to create new particles that give insight into the most fundamental workings of physics. The experiment, housed in a 27km-long tunnel under the outskirts of Geneva in Switzerland, has only been back online since November 2009. Read more... Will be interesting to see the results of this machine, The LHC's tunnel runs for 27km under the Franco-Swiss border Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the rebirth Posted March 20, 2010 #2 Share Posted March 20, 2010 lets just hope it doesnt break down again before they get a chance to use it properly and the results dont destroy the planet. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhungobains Posted March 20, 2010 #3 Share Posted March 20, 2010 Excellent news. Haven't heard much about this recently. Good to know it's still working. I'm rooting for the higgs boson. I've even made a little flag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Buzzkill Posted March 20, 2010 #4 Share Posted March 20, 2010 On the flag does it say: "Go Higgs Boson" I was wondering if they don't find any energy loss in the collisions would they make up results to justify wasting billions of dollars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drj312 Posted March 21, 2010 #5 Share Posted March 21, 2010 On the flag does it say: "Go Higgs Boson" I was wondering if they don't find any energy loss in the collisions would they make up results to justify wasting billions of dollars. how would it be a waste? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Buzzkill Posted March 21, 2010 #6 Share Posted March 21, 2010 how would it be a waste? I don't think it will be a waste as i think there will be a detectable energy loss. But if their isn't, 3 billion US down the drain for what alot of people think is improbable anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchers Posted March 21, 2010 #7 Share Posted March 21, 2010 I don't think it will be a waste as i think there will be a detectable energy loss. But if their isn't, 3 billion US down the drain for what alot of people think is improbable anyway. The LHC has more potential than just experimenting on the conditions of the universe just after the big-bang...that's just their current priority. For example, the LHC will probably unlock more answers to questions we pose about dark matter etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paracelse Posted March 21, 2010 #8 Share Posted March 21, 2010 On the flag does it say: "Go Higgs Boson" I was wondering if they don't find any energy loss in the collisions would they make up results to justify wasting billions of dollars. They don't waste dollars per se... they waste Euros.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Buzzkill Posted March 21, 2010 #9 Share Posted March 21, 2010 The LHC has more potential than just experimenting on the conditions of the universe just after the big-bang...that's just their current priority. For example, the LHC will probably unlock more answers to questions we pose about dark matter etc. But it will probably create more questions then answers. I mean can we really tell where the energy loss has gone (if there is energy loss)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paracelse Posted March 21, 2010 #10 Share Posted March 21, 2010 The LHC has more potential than just experimenting on the conditions of the universe just after the big-bang...that's just their current priority. For example, the LHC will probably unlock more answers to questions we pose about dark matter etc. You mean the dark matter that isn't need it??? http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/viewnews.php?id=176902 And yet the article is fairly recent... :innocent: :innocent: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchers Posted March 21, 2010 #11 Share Posted March 21, 2010 You mean the dark matter that isn't need it??? http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/viewnews.php?id=176902 And yet the article is fairly recent... :innocent: :innocent: My article begs to differ... http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/03/12/tech/main6292478.shtml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROGER Posted March 21, 2010 #12 Share Posted March 21, 2010 NERD FIGHT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefinalfrontier Posted March 21, 2010 Author #13 Share Posted March 21, 2010 This machine will most likely leave us with more questions than answers but thats a human learning process, We may have to rewrite physics (or not) but if sucsessful just imagine the things that future generations will be able to learn and impliment with such information, Regards; TFF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the rebirth Posted March 21, 2010 #14 Share Posted March 21, 2010 regardless whether it creates questions or presents answers, i for one cant wait to see some results! oh so sexy scientific data for the win anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astute One Posted March 21, 2010 #15 Share Posted March 21, 2010 The schedule says they are shutting down for maintenance and are not planned to start up again until Jan. 2013. What timing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamblingRebel Posted March 23, 2010 #16 Share Posted March 23, 2010 (edited) The schedule says they are shutting down for maintenance and are not planned to start up again until Jan. 2013. What timing! Do not fear Astute One, 7 days to go. link Anyone know how long it's gonna take for them to 'line the beams up'? Is it like a couple of hours of a job or is it like a couple of years? Good luck to the boffins..I hope it all goes to plan! edit*pooter spazed out* Edited March 23, 2010 by RamblingRebel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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