So much for LHC black holes...

Sat Nov 27, 2010 6:22 pm » by **Wrathofkahn**

I am sure I can cite many old posts prior to the firing up of the LHC about the impending doom of a synthetic black hole swallowing up the solar system. I thought I would just put this one to rest for anyone who had any remaining doubts. Gotta admit though, I bought into the hype too for a while. Check out what the collider is about to produce for results...

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2 ... sions-2011

The Large Hadron Collider took several years to construct, and it was expected that it would take several more to begin yielding game-changing scientific data. But, to the delight of CERN researchers, that hasn’t been the case. The LHC is already yielding reams of valuable scientific data, and a bulletin released by lead researchers Monday indicates that the ATLAS experiment is working so well that researchers should be able to confirm or rule out the existence of the Higgs Boson by next year, and could even find evidence of extra dimensions before the end of 2011.

The pace of experimentation and accuracy of data coming from ATLAS – one of the LHC’s primary experiments – has stunned even the very researchers who conceived the experiments. To quote Fabiola Gianotti, a spokeswoman for ATLAS:

We are producing new results all the time now. We plan to release a new wave of results early next year, for the 2011 winter conferences. Given the record luminosity achieved by the machine, by the end of 2011, combining ATLAS and CMS, we can expect to be able to exclude the existence of the Higgs boson over the full allowed mass range, or else to collect evidence for it if its mass is greater than 125 GeV. We could also discover Supersymmetry up to masses of almost 1 TeV and new forces up to masses of the carrier particles of 1.5 - 2 TeV.

ATLAS is currently on break from searching for the theoretical Higgs boson, dark matter, and proof of additional dimensions so it can record data from the lead ion collisions currently creating miniature Big Bangs in the collider. The heavy ion collision experiments will run through early December, when CERN will take a Christmas break to perform maintenance on the accelerator. But the LHC will fire back up again in early 2011, and from the looks of things it’s shaping up to be a scientifically revealing year (in this dimension, anyhow).

[CERN via ZDnet]

Sat Nov 27, 2010 6:26 pm » by **Otomon**

Whats a little LHC with some THC?

Sat Nov 27, 2010 6:31 pm » by **Constabul**

many will still find a way to link the LHC with impending doom, but it is great that the machine is yielding positive results. Considering the hiccups experienced early on.

ty fer the post

Sat Nov 27, 2010 6:41 pm » by **Wrathofkahn**

constabul wrote:many will still find a way to link the LHC with impending doom, but it is great that the machine is yielding positive results. Considering the hiccups experienced early on.

ty fer the post

Touche'! The experiments will vary and probably get more dangerous as they get comfy with their new toy. :pray:

I will look up possible future experiments with the LHC.

Sat Nov 27, 2010 6:43 pm » by **E6722maj**

waste of money

:alien:

Sat Nov 27, 2010 6:49 pm » by **Wrathofkahn**

e6722maj wrote:waste of money

I hope you are wrong. But if it ends up being a huge waste of resourses for nothing, what a epic fail it would be! Time will tell...

Sun Nov 28, 2010 1:39 am » by **Nilm33**

You know, they could have discovered those same dimensions with dmt. Spend the billions they wasted on the LHC to feed the hungry...

Sun Nov 28, 2010 1:41 am » by **Smokeydog**

nilm33 wrote:You know, they could have discovered those same dimensions with dmt. Spend the billions they wasted on the LHC to feed the hungry...

feeding the hungry is easy just allow cloning of cow veg etc everyone will have more food than they will ever need, will they ever do it? no they hide behind religion

they can make advances in medical sciences by allowing cloning again will they allow it? not for the masses there reason religion again

Mon Nov 29, 2010 1:35 pm » by **Nilm33**

smokeydog wrote:
nilm33 wrote:You know, they could have discovered those same dimensions with dmt. Spend the billions they wasted on the LHC to feed the hungry...

feeding the hungry is easy just allow cloning of cow veg etc everyone will have more food than they will ever need, will they ever do it? no they hide behind religion

they can make advances in medical sciences by allowing cloning again will they allow it? not for the masses there reason religion again

Wrong again... Money... Everything is withheld because of money. They use religion as the scapegoat.