Monday, November 24, 2008

Large Hadron Collider Big Bang Fact Not Theory?


The name “Large Hadron Collider” may seem like it came out of science fiction movie, it actually might. The large Hadron collider is very real it exists in Europe and is going to do a lot interesting things It may explain the origins of the universe. It was finished in 2008 and has may change the way we look at things.
The Large Hadron collider is a particle accelerator that “Collides Hadrons” at about the speed of light, matter acts very differently. The enormous machine is partly in France and partly in Switzerland. Lots of funding was needed to complete this behemoth.
The completion of the large Hadron collider is significant to me because I think it is a step closer to gain better evidence for the “Big Bang Theory” and other factors that the Hadron collider will explore such as the nature of dark matter and dark energy, and better explain what fills the universe. The understanding of dark matter and dark energy may help understand the origins of our universe.
The one section of the Large Hadron Collider I am partially interested in is the CMS, which is the compact muon solenoid it detects particles moving at about the speed of light. This will help the physicist recreate the conditions that existed during the first billionth of a second of the Big Bang. The Big Bang created equal amounts matter and anti-matter, the large Hadron collider will help us see what may have happened to the anti-matter.
One other important function of the Hadron collider is to explain why do some particles have mass well others not? Particles of light do not have any, on the other hand matter particles which do have mass.
It is scary number knowing that 96% of the universe is missing, the Large Hadron Collider can help determine what dark matter is made of, which is what the universe may be made of. One of the most important discovers that the Large Hadron collider will make is the discovery of the Higgs boson, which is the last undiscovered particle among the standard model of the physics of elementary particles.
The Higgs Boson has not yet been detected; hopefully the Large Hadron Collider will change that. One of the detectors in the collider may finally discover the Higgs Boson. There are also many fears to the discovery of the Higgs Boson. The Higgs Boson is said once discovered or created may create a microscopic black hole which many fear. The idea of black hole occurring was thrown out by many physics claiming the idea was far-fetched
The Large Hadron Collider may be one of the most if the not the most important experiments of the 21st century the actually testing of the Higgs Boson may change modern science and the Big Bang Theory may no longer be a Theory, the Anti-matter may become more understandable to scientist and religion may even lose more ground with beliefs.

2 comments:

Ian said...

I’ve heard a little about this Large Hadron Collider. It’s very interesting, and it will definitely explain a lot about how the universe began. This was a very fascinating essay, and it contained a lot of insightful information concerning the purpose of this device. I also find it interesting that it is located partly in France and partly in Switzerland. This device must be massive. Overall, this is a very exciting paper. I am concerned, however, that the creation of antimatter could be potentially dangerous. Anyway, good job.

tonyae1989 said...

ha dont worry about the anti-matter a lot of people are actually afraid of created mini black holes but im pretty sure we are safe ;)
PS: i believe it is about 20 miles large but it is also underground.