All systems are…creating mini black holes
Well, we missed posting for the big day that CERNs LHC finally got switched on, but, in an effort to do it justice (since it is now a piece of history), I will give you some information about it.
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world’s largest and highest-energy particle accelerator Its main purpose is to explore the validity and limitations of the current theoretical picture for particle physics. It is theorized that the collider will confirm the existence of the Higgs boson, the observation of which could confirm the predictions and missing links in the Standard Model, and could explain how other elementary particles acquire properties such as mass.
The LHC was built by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), and lies underneath the Franco-Swiss border near Geneva, Switzerland. It is funded by and built in collaboration with over eight thousand physicists from over eighty-five countries as well as hundreds of universities and laboratories. The LHC is now fully operational. The first beams were circulated through the collider on 10 September 2008, and the first high-energy collisions are expected to take place after 6-8 weeks. Want to read more?
Unfortunately, there is no telling whatsoever that this machine will work. Steven Hawking is betting that it won’t find anything. I have to say, I too am somewhat skeptical. Also…anyone else agree that this thing sort of resembles the sun? ….and didn’t people use to worship the sun as god? Im sure there are plenty of philosophical meanings you can attach on to this one…..hmmmmm
