A quieter relaunch than last year’s launch.
But what is a collider?
I’ll explain parts what I understand, which isn’t much.
Actually, its not what I understand so much as what I can remember reading.
A collider is a particle accelerator, from what I gathered.
The idea is to accelerate protons and ions to nearly the speed of light.
And then smash them together.
This particle accelerator cost 3.6 billion pounds.
Don’t worry tea-partiers, it didn’t come from your tax money.
Apparently smashing little bits of things together could help us understand the origin of mass.
I don’t understand that.
But many scientists do, according to the article.
Other researchers are looking for evidence of supersymmetry, the idea that every particle in the Universe has a “companion†particle.
Call me a pessimist, but I somehow think we’ll be disappointed.
But then I don’t understand .. almost any of it, lol.
Its still very interesting.
Read more at TimesOnline.co.uk
More information about particle accelerators can be found at wikipedia
The Hardon Collider merited a mention on the Colbert Report, who is clearly coming to babyspittle for their news.
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The same evening Colbert interviewed Physicist Brian Cox.
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