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<blockquote data-quote="Mudpuppy" data-source="post: 37587" data-attributes="member: 134"><p><strong>Large Hadron Collider flips on tomorrow</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>The Large Hadron Collider </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Our understanding of the Universe is about to change...</strong></p><p> <img src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44999000/jpg/_44999320_-1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>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 <a href="http://public.web.cern.ch/public/en/Research/Accelerator-en.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff">particle accelerator</span></a> 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.</p><p>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 <a href="http://public.web.cern.ch/public/en/LHC/LHCExperiments-en.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #810081">experiments</span></a> dedicated to the LHC.</p><p>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 <a href="http://public.web.cern.ch/public/en/Science/StandardModel-en.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff">Standard Model</span></a> 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. </p><p> </p><p>"The Large Hadron Collider, <a href="http://www.newsweek.com/id/158075" target="_blank"><span style="color: #005555">the worlds most expensive science experiment</span></a>, is set to be turned on tomorrow. We've discussed this <a href="http://science.slashdot.org/science/08/08/26/0028205.shtml?tid=95" target="_blank"><span style="color: #005555">multiple</span></a> <a href="http://idle.slashdot.org/idle/08/08/12/0036245.shtml?tid=133" target="_blank"><span style="color: #005555">times</span></a> <a href="http://science.slashdot.org/science/08/08/07/197255.shtml?tid=14" target="_blank"><span style="color: #005555">already</span></a>. A small group of people believe our world will be sucked into extinction (some have even <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/09/05/scilhc105.xml" target="_blank"><span style="color: #005555">sent death threats</span></a>). The majority of us, however, <a href="http://news.slashdot.org/news/08/06/23/134251.shtml?tid=271" target="_blank"><span style="color: #005555">won't be losing any sleep tonight</span></a>." Reader WillRobinson notes that CERN researchers <a href="http://lhc-first-beam.web.cern.ch/lhc-first-beam/News/FinalLHCsyncTest.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #005555">declared the final synchronization test a success</span></a> and says, "The first attempt to circulate a beam in the LHC will be made this Wednesday, Sept. 10 at the injection energy of 450 GeV (0.45 TeV). The start up time will be between (9:00 to 18:00 Zurich Time) (2:00 to 10:00 CDT) with live webcasts provided at <a href="http://webcast.cern.ch/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #005555">webcast.cern.ch</span></a>."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mudpuppy, post: 37587, member: 134"] [b]Large Hadron Collider flips on tomorrow[/b] [B]The Large Hadron Collider [/B] [B]Our understanding of the Universe is about to change...[/B] [IMG]http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44999000/jpg/_44999320_-1.jpg[/IMG] 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 [URL="http://public.web.cern.ch/public/en/Research/Accelerator-en.html"][COLOR=#0000ff]particle accelerator[/COLOR][/URL] 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 [URL="http://public.web.cern.ch/public/en/LHC/LHCExperiments-en.html"][COLOR=#810081]experiments[/COLOR][/URL] 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 [URL="http://public.web.cern.ch/public/en/Science/StandardModel-en.html"][COLOR=#0000ff]Standard Model[/COLOR][/URL] 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. "The Large Hadron Collider, [URL="http://www.newsweek.com/id/158075"][COLOR=#005555]the worlds most expensive science experiment[/COLOR][/URL], is set to be turned on tomorrow. We've discussed this [URL="http://science.slashdot.org/science/08/08/26/0028205.shtml?tid=95"][COLOR=#005555]multiple[/COLOR][/URL] [URL="http://idle.slashdot.org/idle/08/08/12/0036245.shtml?tid=133"][COLOR=#005555]times[/COLOR][/URL] [URL="http://science.slashdot.org/science/08/08/07/197255.shtml?tid=14"][COLOR=#005555]already[/COLOR][/URL]. A small group of people believe our world will be sucked into extinction (some have even [URL="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/09/05/scilhc105.xml"][COLOR=#005555]sent death threats[/COLOR][/URL]). The majority of us, however, [URL="http://news.slashdot.org/news/08/06/23/134251.shtml?tid=271"][COLOR=#005555]won't be losing any sleep tonight[/COLOR][/URL]." Reader WillRobinson notes that CERN researchers [URL="http://lhc-first-beam.web.cern.ch/lhc-first-beam/News/FinalLHCsyncTest.html"][COLOR=#005555]declared the final synchronization test a success[/COLOR][/URL] and says, "The first attempt to circulate a beam in the LHC will be made this Wednesday, Sept. 10 at the injection energy of 450 GeV (0.45 TeV). The start up time will be between (9:00 to 18:00 Zurich Time) (2:00 to 10:00 CDT) with live webcasts provided at [URL="http://webcast.cern.ch/"][COLOR=#005555]webcast.cern.ch[/COLOR][/URL]." [/QUOTE]
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