Hi All,
If I have been quiet it is because I was visiting a place I learnt about when I was at school many moons ago. I went to CERN in Geneva where they are trying to solve the mysteries of the Universe. Some questions they are investigating include:
What exactly happened at the time of the BIG BANG?
Can we recreate the beginning of the UNIVERSE on a small scale?
Can we create a BLACK HOLE?
Can we find the GOD particle?
They have built a circular tunnel which runs about 100m underground . The radius of the circle is about 4.3 km; If the Falcons Girls was the centre then the edge of the circle would be at Hammersmith! Inside the tunnel are very powerful MAGNETS which surround a blue tube. In the blue tube the scientists will run two beams of very tiny particles, PROTONS. Each beam will travel in opposite directions, eventually travelling almost at the speed of light . The magnets ACCELERATE the particles and are also used to bend the beams slightly when required. The protons COLLIDE every so often releasing enormous amounts of energy. The whole tube has to be constantly cooled to about -270 degrees Celcius or it would get too hot and there would be a meltdown. Along various points of the tunnel there are DETECTORS which detect the collisions. All the information is sent off to COMPUTER FARMS: rows and rows of computers which analyse and store data from these experiments.
The scientists are trying to test their THEORIES abut the creation of our world. They are looking for EVIDENCE of particles which they have PREDICTED. It will take quite a few years to carry out all the experiments they need to do and to analyse the results. Their own computers can only cope with about 20% of the data so now they have created THE GRID. It is a network of computers set up at scientific research facilities all across the world. In London, Imperial College is very active in this research.
I am sure that you all know about WWW, the World Wide Web. This was created at CERN. Now you must look out for WWG the World Wide Grid, also created at CERN.
Has all this captured your imagination? If you want to find out more click here to go to the official CERN site.
All the best,
Farida Mannan
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Strangelet, black hole or wormhole?
Source: CERN
Somebody which I meet at a park here in Geneva, Switzerland where our 2 labradors love to play together, told me today that it looks like during the experiement the CERN is starting this autumn 3 things could happen:
1. If all the calculations where right (and it’s the first time we try this) it should give the world a BIG BANG
2. If somethings goes wrong only one of these things (and not both together) could happen:
A black hole
Just, depending on its size, sucks us slowly or faster in and could make us changing time zone in a funny way. But finally all this universe would get sucked in.
A wormhole
. That actually has a good chance that we will time travel instantly, peacefully and in first class.
This means that an unique potential time travel awaiting (please fasten your seatbelt
Well, OF COURSE I did not believe this person. But I was intrigued. This web site is just to diplay the views and opinions on this issue.
I think he has part of this information from the movie ‘The Black Hole’
Now I understand it’s (possibly incomplete list) about a collapse, a wormhole, a strangelet or a black hole
This blog has been completed in 24 hours. Why? Because only a few days are left until the warming up systems status is implemented at the LHT. A few days that may be the last we have.
As I live in Geneva, I would much care if a black hole sucked me in or if I would be on timetravel through the universes if the wormhole comes.
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