OK so one for the physics geeks, of which i can't be the only one. With the switch on of the LHC and CERN later this year, will they find the Higgns boson, the particle responsible for giving other particles mass, something different or maybe even nothing at all? As a continuation....will they develop a theory of everything as a result of the experiments at the LHC? Is the a grand unification/sypersymmetric solution to the universe? Or are we really just miles away from understanding the whole thing?
I thought it wasnt going to be operational until later this year? Maybe it is...its all pretty interesting. The higgs boson theory is def. interesting but im not a physics geek so i can only guess waht we'll learn.
I'd put a good amount of money on it finding the Higgs Boson particle, assuming that LHC actually performs as it should. The standard model hasn't let us down much when it comes to sub-atomic particles.
I'd put a good amount of money on it finding the Higgs Boson particle, assuming that LHC actually performs as it should. The standard model hasn't let us down much when it comes to sub-atomic particles. ProudLarry
well yes so far, still has a hole where Gravity should be....:lol:
[QUOTE="ProudLarry"]I'd put a good amount of money on it finding the Higgs Boson particle, assuming that LHC actually performs as it should. The standard model hasn't let us down much when it comes to sub-atomic particles. thephoenix365
well yes so far, still has a hole where Gravity should be....:lol:
Well yeah, and it will have to be replaced becuase it doesn't explain gravity. But its pretty damn good at describing different quanta (except for gravitons, which could very well not exist).Â
can someone give me a detailed yet relitively simple explination of the whole thing? thxwoody998
3 types of relativity: Normal (Newtonian dynamics); Two cars, each going at 50 MPH, hit head on. Each car has an impact of 50 + 50 = 100 MPH. If they were heading away from each other at 50 MPH each then they would have a relative speed of 50 - 50 = 0 MPH
Special (Einstein number 1); If you start going at speeds approaching the speed of light in a vaccum then strange things happen. For example, to a person travling in a ship going at the speed of light, it would appear to take no time at all to get to their destination (literally). However to an observer outside the ship which is traveling at this speed, it appears to take the ship 5 minutes to travel from (as an example) the sun to the earth. Also if you look out of a ship going at the spped of light, any object appears to be shorter in the direction you are going, than it would appear to someone going at more normal speeds. (think 30 MPH)
General (Einstein 2); I'll be honest, I don't know a way to express this one in layman terms.....if anyone else can please have a go. It's highly complex and i don't study it sadly.
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