Thanks. On Jun 11, 2011 9:30 PM, "nominal9" <nomin...@yahoo.com> wrote: > http://public.web.cern.ch/public/en/lhc/lhc-en.html > > The Large Hadron Collider > Our understanding of the Universe is about to change... > > The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is a gigantic scientific instrument > near Geneva, where it spans the border between Switzerland and France > about 100 m underground. It is a particle accelerator used by > physicists to study the smallest known particles – the fundamental > building blocks of all things. It will revolutionise our > understanding, from the minuscule world deep within atoms to the > vastness of the Universe. > > Two beams of subatomic particles called 'hadrons' – either protons or > lead ions – will travel in opposite directions inside the circular > accelerator, gaining energy with every lap. Physicists will use the > LHC to recreate the conditions just after the Big Bang, by colliding > the two beams head-on at very high energy. Teams of physicists from > around the world will analyse the particles created in the collisions > using special detectors in a number of experiments dedicated to the > LHC. > > There are many theories as to what will result from these collisions, > but what's for sure is that a brave new world of physics will emerge > from the new accelerator, as knowledge in particle physics goes on to > describe the workings of the Universe. For decades, the Standard Model > of particle physics has served physicists well as a means of > understanding the fundamental laws of Nature, but it does not tell the > whole story. Only experimental data using the higher energies reached > by the LHC can push knowledge forward, challenging those who seek > confirmation of established knowledge, and those who dare to dream > beyond the paradigm. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Epistemology" group. > To post to this group, send email to epistemology@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to epistemology+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/epistemology?hl=en. >
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