Who has heard about large collider in Geneva which will test "The God Particle"?

Question

Seriously...this will be conducted on September 10...with a more crucial test in October. I could only find this article:

http://www.thestar.com/News/World/article/411351

But there was another recently on Yahoo which actually gave detailed information on it.

You will have to read the article on it. It will change science and give insight into how possibly the world was created. Interesting stuff if you can follow it!!

But scary too....creating black holes...is this SAFE???

Anyone have any info out there??

Answer 1

The god particle, is the force which transforms other particles with no mass like photons, into particles with mass. They are not forming black holes, but trying to see if they can create particles with mass from particles without, thus proving the existence of boson aka the god particle,  

Answer 2

It is called the Large Hadron Collider. Google that and you'll find information all over the web.

By the way, don't read too much into the "god particle", it refers to a as yet undiscovered particle called the Higgs Boson, which although undoubtedly important, has nothing to do with God and the name 'god particle' is just a marketing gimmick really.

And is it safe? Well, the experts have said yes. Honestly, I've studied some physics, and there have been other machines like this (although never as big), so it is very unlikely there will be any problems. If there are, the whole thing will be over before you know whats hit you so I wouldnt worry about that either!

Answer 3

This has been a hot topic on Yahoo for some time following an AP article Yahoo posted on the News page a few weeks ago. A lot of people are alarmed over hype and lack of information.

The LHC will create collisions of 14 TeV (14e12 eV). Cosmic rays hit the atmosphere every day with a lot more energy.

14 TeV is equal to 0.00000224304822 joules. By comparison, in 1991, a cosmic ray detector called the Fly's Eye II at The University of Utah detected a cosmic ray with an energy of 3.2e20 eV. This is the energy of a baseball thrown at about 60 kph.

http://www.fourmilab.ch/documents/OhMyGo...

As another user wrote, a lot of information, both pro and con, is available on the Web. Search for "CERN" and "LHC."

Answer 4

Yes, it's scary. But very interesting too!!