The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), is due to start-up September 10, 2008 and will enable scientists to delve into the nature of the universe by seeking new particles, new forms of energy, and new principles on which the universe is constructed. Researchers will do this by colliding protons at energies up to 7 TeV - trillion electron volts (remember, electron volts represent energy, not the electro-motive force that voltage represents by itself.)
This is uncharted territory in the physics realm and may answer important questions such as the origin of mass, or the nature of dark energy. Some of the future experiments that will be run include simulating the conditions of stellar evolution. These will reveal the particle level (micro) explanations of the macro objects that we observe on Slooh (e.g. supernovae, planetary nebulas, binary systems, etc.)
We’ll be running some specials on these astronomical and cosmological aspects of the LHC on Slooh Radio as the date approaches. These will include live missions to observe and discuss how what we see on Slooh relates to the LHC project.
Check the radio schedule and here on the Slooh Skylog for more information.
I’ve included a link to a scientifically accurate presentation produced and presented by Will Barras and the scientists and engineers at LHC in Switzerland and France. They will tell you everything about this exciting new tool in a fun and non-conventional way!
Rob Keown
CERN Rap from Will Barras on Vimeo.
The Large Hadron Collider cool. I’ve been crunching numbers for them for about 3 years now. The screen saver is great. I year or so they had a show on the discover channel showing one part of it being put in placed.
Ricky
Yeah i have been too, but not seen any work from them recently … still can’t wait for it to come on line
I love the video, and I’d like to try to find more like it. Perhaps our members would even like to create a few, in their own style of course. There are so many fun and efficient ways to educate others about complex (thus seemingly boring) subjects, and this video is an excellent example.
I am so excited about the start-up of CERN/LHC, and I look forward to what it may reveal about the more elusive aspects of our Universe and the new concepts that may even result.
You won’t need LHC for the mass of an electron. The origin of the mass of an electron is evident in Einstein’s relativity equation for total energy: E^2 = Eo^2 + (pc)^2. This is also the equation for the Pythagorean theorem. That means that the moving energy (pc) is perpendicular to the rest energy (Eo). If moving energy is apparent in our four space-time dimensions, rest energy must be in perpendicular dimensions, ones in which distances and the passage of time are not apparent to us. Thus an electron at rest can be viewed as a photon moving in these extra dimensions. The photon’s frequency in these perpendicular dimensions gives rise to its mass in our dimensions. The photon’s electric field wave appears frozen at a maximum in our dimensions giving rise to the property of charge.
Thank You Rob & Thomas for the show & the work ya’ll have put into this project for the SLOOH membership to help bring it up from the earth to us.
Great job Guy’s.