History in The Making

The worlds largest particle accelerator also known as the Large Hadron Collider was switched on at 0830GMT yesterday approximately 100m below the Franco-Swiss border near Geneva. In about 30 days time, the proton particles, or hadrons would have been accelerated by high tech superconducting electromagnets, to the equivalent distance of 27 kilometers, to achieve the estimated 99.99% the speed of light. All this, happening at sub-zero temperatures of minus 270 degrees Celsius or 3 Kelvin, which is close to absolute zero, automatically making it the coldest place in the universe.


The fundamental driving force of this $10 billion dollar experiment is to answer some of the most basic questions of life. What is the universe made of? According to Professor Trevor Kitson here in Massey University, this international project aims to prove the existence of dark matter, the same entity of what black holes are made of. He said that if this experiment succeeds, it will ultimately verify the super-symmetry theory, also known as susy. The susy theory claims that each object in the universe has an identical and symmetrical opposite, much like a pair.

"And of everything We have created in pairs: so that ye may receive instruction." (051:049)

The underlying basis of susy can be understood by the analogy of matter and anti-matter. Everything that is matter, has an equal but opposite anti-matter. In other terms, every amount of "something" has an equal amount of "nothing", and the 5000 scientists are there to observe the creation of that "nothing". An instant Nobel prize is awarded to any of the 5000 scientists who manage to prove the theory.

Professor Trevor Kitson says that only roughly 5% of the universe is visible to the naked eye, and this experiment would also try to validate the theoretical 11 dimensions, as opposed to 3, we live in. He also adds that all physicists are lunatics. (Trevor is a Professor in Organic Chemistry)

In my opinion, this experiment has already succeeded and the outcome of the experiment is irrelevant. This experiment, is in essence, asking a yes-no question. If the results are positive, it will confirm decades old theories that remained until now, merely theories. If the results are negative, it doesn't mean the project was a failure. All it means is we were wrong all along and Kak Nadiah can just as well flunk all her remaining exams and throw away 2 years of her degree in Physics. We have succeeded because we have asked the right question. The answer, doesn't matter. Either way, we have created history.

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2 comments:

  1. this thing was in Angels and Demons by Dan Brown.

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  2. so ive heard. Dan Brown is like philosopher i guess.

    Just wanted to add the research institutes and their search field.

    CMS : The God particle
    Atlas : Dark Matter
    Alice : Quark Gluon Plasma
    LHCb : Anti-matter

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