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The probable discovery of the long-sought Higgs boson particle won't have an instant impact on everyday life, but scientists see great potential in what it might lead to in years to come.
by Leon M. Lederman (Author), Christopher T. Hill (Author) Two leading physicists discuss the importance of the Higgs Boson, the future of particle physics, and the mysteries of the universe yet to be unraveled. Starting where Nobel Laureate Leon Lederman's bestseller The God Particle left off, this incisive new book explains what's next. Author Biography Leon M. Lederman, Nobel Laureate was the author of the highly acclaimed Quantum Physics for Poets and Symmetry and the Beautiful Universe (both coauthored with Christopher T. Hill), as well as The God Particle (with Dick Teresi). He had served as the editor of Portraits of Great American Scientists and a contributor to Science Literacy for the Twenty-First Century. He was formerly the Resident Scholar at the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy and Pritzker Professor of Science at the Illinois Institute of Technology, and he was director emeritus of Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. Christopher T. Hill, PhD is the coauthor with Leon M. Lederman of Quantum Physics for Poets and Symmetry and the Beautiful Universe. He is a theoretical physicist (Scientist III) and the former head of Theoretical Physics at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. Number of Pages: 336 Dimensions: 0.7 x 9 x 5.9 IN
This artistically-enhanced image of particle tracks was produced in the Big European Bubble Chamber (BEBC) at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Physics—the world’s largest particle physics laboratory, built in 1954 in the northwest suburbs of Geneva on the Franco-Swiss border. Liquid hydrogen creates bubbles along the paths of the particles as a piston expands the medium. A magnetic field produced in the detector causes the particles to travel in spirals, allowing charge and momentum to be measured. The BEBC was installed at CERN in the early 1970s to study particle physics. CERN's main function is to provide the particle accelerators and other infrastructure needed for high-energy physics research. CERN operates a network of six accelerators and a decelerator. Each machine in the chain increases the energy of particle beams before delivering them to experiments or to the next more powerful accelerator. The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator and the latest addition to CERN’s accelerator complex. Physicists are using the LHC to study the smallest known particles, and hoping to revolutionize our understanding of the universe. They are doing this by creating the conditions just after the Big Bang through the collision of two beams head-on at extremely high energy then monitoring the debris to learn more about how our universe started and works. The LHC lies about 175 m underground in a tunnel large enough to run a train through. It is essentially a 27 km ring of superconducting magnets with a number of accelerating structures to boost the energy of the particles along the way. With construction overseen by over 10,000 scientists and engineers from over 100 countries, the LHC was built to test various predictions of high-energy physics, including the existence of Higgs boson (a massive scalar particle predicted to exist by the Standard Model) sometimes called "the God particle" because some believe its discovery will help us understand exactly how the universe came to be, how it functions, and how mass came to be in the first place. Two beams of subatomic particles called 'hadrons' – either protons or lead ions – travel in opposite directions inside the circular accelerator, gaining energy with every lap. Physicists are using the LHC to recreate the conditions just after the Big Bang, by colliding the two beams head-on at very near the speed-of-light. Teams of physicists from around the world analyze the particles created in the collisions using special detectors in highly specialized experiments. Atlas, with its over 90,000 tubes, is one of six particle physics experiments (CMS, ATLAS, LHCb, TOTEM, LHC-forward and ALICE) of the Large Hadron Collider. The Atlas subsystem detects subatomic particles called muons, which have little interaction with each other or with other matter and are formed as a byproduct of the collisions between protons, the nuclei of hydrogen atoms. Someone even wrote a very cool rap about it. Discussion in the news and on the Internet, generally, surrounding the September 10 2008 start up of the Large Hadron Collider bordered on hysteria and hyperbole. Blogs and forums exploded with wild hypotheses and arguments about the end of the universe or at least our planet as we know it. Fear that the LHC would create a black hole or a series of black holes that would destroy the entire planet and gobble up the galaxy ran rampant. The hysteria even spawned a lawsuit against CERN by a group of Hawaiians who were afraid that the LHC would either eat the Earth with a black hole, or just render it a mass of inert matter via a hypothetical “strangelet.” One particularly snarky rebuttal to this charge can be found here. Last March, two American environmentalists filed a lawsuit in Federal District Court in Honolulu seeking to force the U.S. government to withdraw its participation in the experiment. The lawsuits have in turn spawned several websites, chat rooms and petitions. On a less serious note, I particularly enjoyed this series of discussion that ended up discussing the inevitable disaster movie… Anyway, all this led to alarming headlines around the world (Britain's Sun newspaper on Sept. 1: "End of the World Due in 9 Days"). According to Hawking, if tiny black holes occurred at CERN, they would evaporate before they got a chance to do any damage. Speaking of Hawking, he was hoping to end his losing streak of science-related bets with his wager of $100 (E70) that CERN’s Large Hadron Collider wouldn’t find the Higgs boson. “I think it will be much more exciting if we don’t find the Higgs,” he said. “That will show something is wrong, and we need to think again. I have a bet of 100 dollars that we won’t find the Higgs.” Hawking told the BBC that “whatever the LHC finds, or fails to find, the results will tell us a lot about the structure of the universe.” The LHC could instead find certain physical structures that would be “a key confirmation of string theory, and they could make up the mysterious dark matter that holds galaxies together.” "We don’t even know what to expect," said French physicist Yves Schutz prior to the first experimental test of the LHC. "We’re now in a domain of energy that nobody has ever explored." Others called the LHC “possibly the world’s first time machine.” Then, at 10:28 on September 10, 2008, the first beam of protons circulated in the LHC, marking a key moment in over two decades of preparation and putting to rest the doomsayers. "It’s a fantastic moment," said the LHC project leader Lyn Evans, "we can now look forward to a new era of understanding about the origins and evolution of the universe". The hunt for the “God Particle” is on! The Large Hadron Collider may also lead to a better understanding of the fourth fundamental force -- gravity -- in terms of particle interactions, and may help solve the puzzle of why gravity is the weakest of the fundamental forces. According to some sources, temperatures generated are more than 1,000,000 times hotter than the sun’s core and superconducting magnets are cooled to a temperature colder than in deep space. Shortly after the September start-up, a large helium leak into a sector of the Hadron Collider tunnel, likely from a faulty electrical connection between two of the accelerator’s magnets, compelled CERN to investigate. The LHC will be started up again in spring of this year following the winter shutdown for the maintenance of all the CERN installations. To find out the latest at CERN go here. This track is an example of simulated data modeled for the CMS detector on the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, which began taking data in 2008. The Higgs boson is produced in the collision of two protons at 14 TeV and quickly decays into four muons, a type of heavy electron which is not absorbed by the detector. The tracks of the other products of the collision are shown by lines and the energy deposited in the detector is shown in blue. This is an image from an ATLAS collision event in which a microscopic-black-hole was produced in the collision of two protons. It is one of the first images from CMS, showing the debris of particles picked up in the detector's calorimeters and muon chambers after the beam was steered into the collimator (tungsten block). The streamer chamber: pion decay -- The real particles produced in the decay of a positive pion can be seen in this image from a streamer chamber. Streamer chambers consist of a gas chamber through which a strong pulsed electric field is passed, creating sparks as a charged particle passes through it. A magnetic field is added to cause the decay products to follow curved paths so that their charge and momentum can be measured. UA1: z particle decay -- A colour treated picture of the computer reconstruction of the real particle tracks emerging from a high energy proton-antiproton collision recorded in the UA1 detector at the SPS (converted to act as a collider). This picture shows the production of a Z particle that has decayed into a high energy electron and positron flying off in opposite directions (in yellow). The UA1 detector ran on the SPS accelerator at CERN between 1981 and 1993. You can find more images of CERN here. Here’s a bit of incredible trivia for you: did you know that The World Wide Web began as a CERN project called ENQUIRE, initiated by Sir Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau in 1989? Cool, eh? Nina Munteanu is an ecologist and internationally published author of novels, short stories and essays. She coaches writers and teaches writing at George Brown College and the University of Toronto. For more about Nina’s coaching & workshops visit www.ninamunteanu.me. Visit www.ninamunteanu.ca for more about her writing.
March 2015 – GENEVA – The staggeringly complex LHC ‘atom smasher’ at the CERN centre in Geneva, Switzerland, will be fired up to its highest energy levels ever in a bid to detect – or even …
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Higgs Boson, God Particle, Golden Art, Digital Download Instant Download Printable *This is not a physical item for sending, this is a downloadable digital file. *You will receive: 3x high resolution (300 dpi) JPEG files on a white background: -5x7 inches -8x10 inches -11x14 inches -A zip file which contains the following high resolution (300dpi) JPEG files on a white background in the following sizes: 12x16 inches and 16x20 inches. - 1x high resolution (300 dpi) JPEG file on a white background- size A4, which you can print out in the following sizes: -A international sizes A5, A4, A3 and A2. Please keep in mind that you cannot ask for a size other than the ones mentioned above. *I recommend having the file(s) printed out at a professional printing service/shop for best results. Home printers cannot give good results due to the lack of colors they print with. *I do not accept requests for color changes, personalization or any other changes to the Digital Download image. *Please note that colors may vary slightly depending on your monitor settings, and the printer and inks used for printing out the purchased image *All files and designs are for personal use only. You may not share, forward, redistribute or sell in digital format or as a print. *How to download: Once your payment is complete, you will receive an email from Etsy from where you can click to view and download your purchased files. You will also be able to download the files anytime directly from your Etsy account, navigating to Your Account>Purchases & Reviews. *MORE info: How do I download a digital item I purchased?https://www.etsy.com/help/article/3949 *Due to the nature of instant downloadable products, refunds will not be given after purchase. Thank you for visiting my Etsy shop!
Have their eyes seen 'God particle'? Fermilab finds hints of Higgs boson
Dozens of MIT researchers contribute to breakthrough in particle physics.
Physicist Stephen Hawking says that understanding science can prove that God does not exist.
The Higgs, credited with giving particles mass, was the missing piece of the Standard Model of physics. Without it, the world would be a massless mess of photons flying at light speed.
Everyone's talking about the 'God particle' – but what if someone asks you to explain it. Well, it depends if it's an A-level physics student or a religious fundamentalist. Just use our guide
The race to identify the Higgs boson is on at CERN. This Holy Grail of particle physics would help explain why the majority of elementary particles possess mass. The mysterious particle would also help us understand the evolution of the Universe from the moment of its birth, according to a group of EPFL physicists. If their theory is verified with data from the Planck satellite, it would clear up several questions about the Universe, past and future. An expanding Universe The Universe, which today extends over billions of light-years, was incredibly minuscule at its birth. To simulataneously explain this dichotomy of scale and the fact that matter is seemingly distributed in a homogeneous fashion throughout the Universe, physicists have had to resort to a theoretical trick: they added an inflationary phase to the Big Bang, an initial phenomenal expansion in which the Universe grew by a factor of 10^26 in a very short time. Physicists have a hard time, though, accounting for this rapid growth. In its first moments, the Universe was unimaginably dense. Under these conditions, why wouldn’t gravity have slowed down its initial expansion? Here’s where the Higgs boson enters the game – it can explain the speed and magnitude of the expansion, says Mikhail Shaposhnikov and his team from EPFL’s Laboratory of Particle Physics and Cosmology. In this infant Universe, the Higgs, in a condensate phase, would have behaved in a very special way – and in so doing changed the laws of physics. The force of gravity would have been reduced. In this way, physicists can explain how the Universe expanded at such an incredible rate. What’s in store for the Universe? The theory may clear up the first moments of the Universe, but what about the Universe as it is today? “We have determined that when the Higgs condensate disappeared to make way for the particles that exist today, the equations permitted the existence of a new, massless particle, the dilaton,” explains EPFL physicist Daniel Zenhäusern. To arrive at this conclusion, the physicists applied a mathematical principle known as scale invariance – starting with the Higgs boson, they were able to determine the existence of the dilaton, a close cousin, as well as its properties. And it turns out that this new and as yet purely theoretical particle happens to have the exact characteristics to explain the existence of dark energy. This energy explains why the expansion of the current Universe is once again accelerating, but its origins are not understood. This theoretical advance – a completely unexpected result – is reassuring the scientists that they may be on the right track. Astrophysicists are measuring the state of the Universe today using data from the Planck satellite. They are observing the light echo from the Big Bang, which reveals the large scale properties of the cosmos. In 2013, the measurement campaign will provide results that will be precise enough to compare with the EPFL scientsits’ theoretical predictions – and they’ll be able to see if their Higgs theory holds up. The boson isn’t just hidden in the bowels of CERN’s accelerator. Source: Higgs-Dilaton Cosmology: From the Early to the Late Universe, Juan García-Bellido, Javier Rubio, Mikhail Shaposhnikov, Daniel Zenhäusern, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology http://arxiv.org/abs/1107.2163 Links: http://archiveweb.epfl.ch/itp.epfl.ch/ http://www.esa.int/planck
Stephen Hawking has suggested that the Higgs particle has the potential to collapse space and time.
This book examines the most cutting-edge scientific discoveries of our time, including the confirmation of the Higgs boson particle (or field) which has been described as more notable and important than Einstein's Theory of Relativity. The Higgs boson discovery highlights that entity, also referred to as the \"God Particle\", which controls roving particles of energy to become the building blocks of the atom by forming the neutrons, electrons, protons and other components of the atoms which collect to become everything in existence. Our first impulse tends to be that all of this is too difficult to understand, but it's not. While scientists now confess bewilderment at what they are discovering, they confirm that it is all true. This book assembles and provides to the average reader these mindboggling discoveries in a manner that allows them to come to know and understand the process of creation of all things, including humans. This pursuit was undertaken by the author acting as investigator and examiner of the evidence presented by scientists. This leads the reader to a conclusion as to whether or not the apparent \"instructions\" imbedded into the Higgs boson particle, and the atoms it creates, along with all matter coming into existence, are the products of intelligent design or, on the other hand, occur by accident (\"Big Bang\"). Readers are informed and highly enlightened regarding the components and workings of the universe, Earth and human origins.
Can energy itself ever exist on its own? Or can it only exist as a part of something else?
We've long known that the Large Hadron Collider would need to take a break, but that doesn't take the edge off of the moment itself: as of Valentine's Day...
The Higgs boson 'God particle' could cause space and time to collapse if it was put under extreme stress by scientists, Stephen Hawking has warned in a new book.
US scientists report seeing tentative evidence of the Higgs boson, at a mass similar to the hints seen at the Large Hadron Collider.
Higgs Boson, God Particle, Watercolor, Digital Download Instant Download Printable *This is not a physical item for sending, this is a downloadable digital file. *You will receive: 3x high resolution (300 dpi) JPEG files on a white background: -5x7 inches -8x10 inches -11x14 inches -A zip file which contains the following high resolution (300dpi) JPEG files on a white background in the following sizes: 12x16 inches and 16x20 inches. - 1x high resolution (300 dpi) JPEG file on a white background- size A4, which you can print out in the following sizes: -A international sizes A5, A4, A3 and A2. Please keep in mind that you cannot ask for a size other than the ones mentioned above. *I recommend having the file(s) printed out at a professional printing service/shop for best results. Home printers cannot give good results due to the lack of colors they print with. *I do not accept requests for color changes, personalization or any other changes to the Digital Download image. *Please note that colors may vary slightly depending on your monitor settings, and the printer and inks used for printing out the purchased image *All files and designs are for personal use only. You may not share, forward, redistribute or sell in digital format or as a print. *How to download: Once your payment is complete, you will receive an email from Etsy from where you can click to view and download your purchased files. You will also be able to download the files anytime directly from your Etsy account, navigating to Your Account>Purchases & Reviews. *MORE info: How do I download a digital item I purchased?https://www.etsy.com/help/article/3949 *Due to the nature of instant downloadable products, refunds will not be given after purchase. Thank you for visiting my Etsy shop!
In an effort to make the Higgs boson easier to understand, some scientists have set the data to music - which means that now you can hear what the Higgs sounds like.
"We will never be able to answer the question why is there something rather than nothing."
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The discovery of the Higgs boson by the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) would profoundly affect physicists, with implications for the Standard Model, the electroweak force, supersymmetry and more.
The recent observation of the Higgs boson has been hailed as the scientific discovery of the century and led to the 2013 Nobel Prize in physics. This book describes the detailed science behind the decades-long search for this elusive particle at the Large Electron Positron Collider at CERN and at the Tevatron at Fermilab and its subsequent discovery and characterization at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. Written by physicists who played leading roles in this epic search and discovery, this book is an authoritative and pedagogical exposition of the portrait of the Higgs boson that has emerged from a large number of experimental measurements. As the first of its kind, this book should be of interest to graduate students and researchers in particle physics.
The so-called “God Particle” may not be relevant to many practical aspects of our daily lives but it brings up an opportunity to consider the meaning of the way the universe is made.
The shower of high velocity subatomic particles produced by particle accelerators can seem like fireworks. And so it is nice that it is on the 4th of July
The buzz is that on July 4, scientists may announce they're closing in on the elusive Higgs boson particle. The quest for the so-called "God particle" has gone on for decades; physicists say its existence is necessary to explain key information about our universe.
