Large Hadron Collider nearly ready

[Thorjan]

For those who haven't seen it before, very inspiring.
It doesn't need words, pictures inside:
Large Hadron Collider nearly ready - The Big Picture - Boston.com

[Tiros]

um.. what's a particle accelrator? looks cool nevertheless

Cheers!

[Magnel]

It boost the kinetic energy of particles to create energy I think, 'twas on the science channel.

I have to say two things, one, I love that scooter that the firemen are riding on, it's funny because they look so serious.

Two, that's what my brain looks like

[Thorjan]

The energy is a side effect

Here is a short discription :
What is the LHC?

[Fleistad]

Rock star physicist Brian Cox explains it all!
YouTube - Brian Cox: What really goes on at the Large Hadron Collider

As long as I don't wake up with a black hole next to me the morning after it gets turned on its all good. Interesting stuff really. I wonder if they will find any higgs particles.

[benclark]

its been nearly ready for about 4 years it seems. Really interesting stuff though. Just as a show of technology and engineering its a stunning achievement

I've watched 3 programs that explained it and all of them made my brain bleed out my ears. From what i understand its very cool stuff

BBC did a docudrama thing about what could go wrong with the LHC, as well as the most likely ways earth will end - very cool program with seriously badass fx

YouTube - END DAY Part 1 of 6

part 6 is what could go wrong with the LHC, but hey its only Switzerland right? sorry Noel no ban please

[glynnsmith]

"Ooooooooh it's just like Half Life".

How? Because it's sciency? I very much doubt they'll have Stephen Hawking in there, pushing a trolly of sci-fi fuel into their collider, only to have it all explode a gateway to another dimension. He could NEVER work a crowbar.

PuhLease

I think either Horizon or Panorama had an incredibly good documentary on this, talking about miniature black holes and all that shizz. But yeah. It feels like it's been open for a while now.

Originally Posted by Tiros

um.. what's a particle accelrator? looks cool nevertheless

Cheers!

It's a machine they've built underground to see if they can mimic settings of what it was like a split second after the big bang (start of the universe). They throw particles around the 27km circuit at super-mega-ultra fast speeds, and collide them into each other once the desired speed is reached. They think the force from it will create tiiiiiny blackholes and other technical whatsits.

They also think they might find other stuff in there to support scientific theories that contain elements found in the collider's experiments. Basically they made up these elements with guesstimations, and now they're looking for them with these awesome machines

[sarge mat]

Don't worry, they have confirmed that the chance that a sustainable black hole will form and consume the earth is quite small.

This thing could be a big danger IMO.

This end day bbc program looks cool, thanks for the link.

[UnsteadyTeddy]

I'm glad i'm not an erektrishian.

[sampson]

reminds me of my
"particle physics gives me a hadron" shirt.

will we all die by hardons i mean hadrons?