I think that this machine is one of the most ingenious and crazy thing I have ever seen. It is a particle accelerator which basically does exactly what you would think it would do. It accelerates particles to tremendous speeds so they can eventually make them clash to have a mini reproduction of the big bang. This may sound crazy but with this kind of complicated technology I think anything is possible. This is considered to be the most complicated and biggest science experiment ever. It is costing the world about 8 billion dollars and it locate in the Franco-Swiss border near Geneva.What it does is it accelerates particles using magnets that propel them around a 17 mile long tube that it 100 meters under the ground. The particle, after several months, would be accelerated to 99.9% the speed of light, and then clashed with the other particle to recreate the big bang for a fraction of a second. They have already tried to start the acceleration but after one month the system crashed and they had to fix it and now start over. 99.9% the speed of light is an incredible speed, to put it in perspective, the particles will travel around the 17 mile long tube about 11,000 times a second, which is uncomprehendable because to see something move at that speed, you would’ve be able to see it at all. The collision will hopefully show us how the big bang started and it will actually create mini black holes which will disappear right away. The whole collision process is about a second long and takes several months to create. The collision will actually produce about 10 trillion electron volts, which is a s***t load of energy. I am actually excited to see what the results of this experiment are going to bring, and to maybe discover the origin of the universe.
Monday, March 16, 2009
The world's biggest particle accelerator
I think that this machine is one of the most ingenious and crazy thing I have ever seen. It is a particle accelerator which basically does exactly what you would think it would do. It accelerates particles to tremendous speeds so they can eventually make them clash to have a mini reproduction of the big bang. This may sound crazy but with this kind of complicated technology I think anything is possible. This is considered to be the most complicated and biggest science experiment ever. It is costing the world about 8 billion dollars and it locate in the Franco-Swiss border near Geneva.What it does is it accelerates particles using magnets that propel them around a 17 mile long tube that it 100 meters under the ground. The particle, after several months, would be accelerated to 99.9% the speed of light, and then clashed with the other particle to recreate the big bang for a fraction of a second. They have already tried to start the acceleration but after one month the system crashed and they had to fix it and now start over. 99.9% the speed of light is an incredible speed, to put it in perspective, the particles will travel around the 17 mile long tube about 11,000 times a second, which is uncomprehendable because to see something move at that speed, you would’ve be able to see it at all. The collision will hopefully show us how the big bang started and it will actually create mini black holes which will disappear right away. The whole collision process is about a second long and takes several months to create. The collision will actually produce about 10 trillion electron volts, which is a s***t load of energy. I am actually excited to see what the results of this experiment are going to bring, and to maybe discover the origin of the universe.
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First I would like to say this blog needs more recognition and people on it. Ok down to business. This thing is amazing it's surprising how much people don't know about this they are just ignorant and say this is just going to end the world. I can't wait to see what we'll find out from this. Re creating billionths of a second after the big bang and mini black holes and particles moving close to the speed of light. Amazing.
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