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#1
Posted 04 July 2012 - 08:32 PM
Quite a historic milestone. This might just open a new chaper in theoretical physics
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#2
Posted 04 July 2012 - 09:23 PM
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#3
Posted 05 July 2012 - 06:52 AM
A lot of disappointed physicists out there today and SUSY people are gonna be pissed but really it seems nothing is gonna kill that thing, it just gets made harder to test.
#4
Posted 05 July 2012 - 07:14 AM
#5
Posted 05 July 2012 - 08:22 AM
The Higgs-Boson has a mass of ~125GeV right? That's about equivalent to Caesium. That means the particle is heavier than a little under half of the known atomic elements.
#6
Posted 05 July 2012 - 08:22 AM
The Higgs-Boson has a mass of ~125GeV right? That's about equivalent to Caesium. That means the particle is heavier than a little under half of the known atomic elements.
#7
Posted 05 July 2012 - 12:52 PM
"Baptized in Fire and Blood"
#8
Posted 05 July 2012 - 04:38 PM
It should account for all the missing mass in the universe.
Perhaps but I don't think so. Especially considering that the Higgs mechanism only imparts a small amount of the mass of matter (fermions specifically). Whereas I understand gluon self-interactions make up the majority of mass so that even if the fundamental particles were mass-less (somehow having disabled the interactions with the Higgs field) you would still have significant mass in matter from the gluons doing their thing.
#9
Posted 05 July 2012 - 09:09 PM
I also wanted to be a Nuclear Physicist.
Anyway I heard it traveled faster than light, this boson. Not Neutrino, I know there was a glitch in the equipment in that.
But think of the possibilities that this discovery has opened for us. Are we getting closer to space travel guys?
Also I heard that the universe has dark matter, what's up with that? Is it dark or anti-matter?
Please impart your knowledge to a wannabe Physicist.
#10
Posted 05 July 2012 - 10:14 PM
Oooh Physics geniuses.
I also wanted to be a Nuclear Physicist.
Anyway I heard it traveled faster than light, this boson. Not Neutrino, I know there was a glitch in the equipment in that.
But think of the possibilities that this discovery has opened for us. Are we getting closer to space travel guys?
Also I heard that the universe has dark matter, what's up with that? Is it dark or anti-matter?
Please impart your knowledge to a wannabe Physicist.
this could get us closer to space travel depending on what they do with it.
And i believe that dark matter is anti-matter
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#11
Posted 05 July 2012 - 10:17 PM
IRON the home of the brave, the proud and the willing to protect peace.
^ made by Lorikz
Alliances fought
LSF, Sparta
Number of Nations put into Anarchy: 7
(To Ichigo) "Ichigo, what's the difference between a king and his horse? I don't mean kiddy shit like "One's a person and one's an animal" or "One has two legs and one has four." If their form, ability and power were exactly the same, why is it that one becomes the king and controls the battle, while the other becomes the horse and carries the king?! There's only one answer. Instinct! In order for identical beings to get stronger and gain the power they need to become king, they must search for more battles and power! They thirst for battle, and live to mercilessly, crush, shred, and slice their enemies! Deep, deep within our body lies the honed instinct to kill, and slaughter our enemies! But you don't have that! You don't have those pure, base instincts! You fight with your brain. You try to defeat your enemies with logic! And it doesn't work! You're trying to cut them with a sheathed sword! That's why you're weaker than me, Ichigo!"
#12
Posted 05 July 2012 - 10:27 PM
"Baptized in Fire and Blood"
#13
Posted 05 July 2012 - 11:56 PM
#14
Posted 06 July 2012 - 01:34 AM
Not to mention all the new technologies and processes invented for the LHC to work since construction started is expected to pay back the 7.5B E something like 350% which is hard to complain about.
#15
Posted 06 July 2012 - 03:47 AM
Oooh Physics geniuses.
I also wanted to be a Nuclear Physicist.
Anyway I heard it traveled faster than light, this boson. Not Neutrino, I know there was a glitch in the equipment in that.
But think of the possibilities that this discovery has opened for us. Are we getting closer to space travel guys?
Also I heard that the universe has dark matter, what's up with that? Is it dark or anti-matter?
Please impart your knowledge to a wannabe Physicist.
I rather doubt it traveled at FTL nor is it likely to get us appreciably closer to real space travel (at least not in the short term, the higgs boson is massively important, and with the greater understanding it will provide who the hell knows what shakes loose in the next 50-100 years)
Antimatter is matter composed of the various antiparticles, (A particle with the same mass but opposite charge, so the antielectron or positron mass the same mass as an electron, but a positive charge). Otherwise it should have the exact same properties as regular matter (Ignoring the fact that there's WAY less of it then there should be)
Dark Matter is matter that doesn't emit (or absorb) light or EM radiation (Which is to say it's literally dark matter) in contrast to "luminous" matter which does . This makes it impossible to observe through telescopes. It'll be composed of an as yet unobserved subatomic particle.
Also, dark matter is not anti-matter
Technically incorrect. Unless dark matter is very weird, there should be Antidark matter.
Edited by Rand0m her0, 06 July 2012 - 05:03 AM.
5 points!
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#16
Posted 06 July 2012 - 04:59 AM
I rather doubt it traveled at FTL nor is it likely to get us appreciably closer to real space travel (at least not in the short term, the higgs boson is massively important, and with the greater understanding it will provide who the hell knows what shakes loose in the next 50-100 years)
Antimatter is matter composed of the various antiparticles, (A particle with the same mass but opposite charge, so the antielectron or positron mass the same mass as an electron, but a positive charge). Otherwise it should have the exact same properties as regular matter (Ignoring the fact that there's WAY less of it then there should be)
Dark Matter is matter that doesn't emit (or absorb) light or EM radiation, which makes it impossible to observe through telescopes (Which is to say it's literally dark matter). It'll be composed of an as yet unobserved subatomic particle.
Technically incorrect. Unless dark matter is very weird, there should be Antidark matter.
Fun fact, if matter were to fall backwards in time, it would look and behave exactly like anti-matter.
Also there's heaps of anti-particles popping in and out of existence within every single proton constantly. It's a real complicated mess.
#17
Posted 06 July 2012 - 12:01 PM
I'm not sure we'll ever find a direct use of this knowledge (as in a means to manipulate the higgs field) - considering the rather extreme conditions required to even produce. It's hard to say though - no one expected to be cooking when they invented microwaves. However it's vastly important because it confirms parts of existing theories and challenges others - it means we can now solidly move forward with better theories. The standard model, as it exists, is actually woefully inadequate. It outright ignores gravity for instance and dark energy. Whether or not it's ever a directly useful technology, the knowledge that can be built on this is very important and probably more directly useful.
Not to mention all the new technologies and processes invented for the LHC to work since construction started is expected to pay back the 7.5B E something like 350% which is hard to complain about.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not all conspiracy and no theory - I think this is one of the most important things to happen within the scientific field in some years (thinking almost first computer proportions (a.k.a T.I. -01, not really but it was basically a giant calculator)). Now, if we could just figure out cold fusion.
#18
Posted 06 July 2012 - 08:54 PM
Theoretical physics is nice and all but theory is usually applicable to something, these fellows are going off into mathematical models where few know what greek symbol is what and even fewer know what the next line should be. Pointless mostly imo.
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#19
Posted 06 July 2012 - 09:30 PM
Don't get me wrong, I'm not all conspiracy and no theory - I think this is one of the most important things to happen within the scientific field in some years (thinking almost first computer proportions (a.k.a T.I. -01, not really but it was basically a giant calculator)). Now, if we could just figure out cold fusion.
Proving it's existence will confirm the Higgs mechanism and give us a better foundation to build new theory on, which could lead to who the hell knows what. We're unlikely to see some new world changing tech come out of this however, assuming this is even the Higgs boson.
As for cold fusion happening... may as well hope for power-plants that run on fairy dust instead.
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#20
Posted 07 July 2012 - 03:22 AM
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