In their final moments, the last protons flew at nearly the speed of light. They completed the 27-kilometer loop underneath the Alpine countryside 11,245 times a second until they were released from their metal coil and slammed into a giant steel-coated graphite block. Since December 2018, other than a few tests here and there, the Large Hadron Collider has been offline. But on April 22 the LHC fired up again and commenced its third run.
As Run 3 begins, particle physicists face a number of tantalizing anomalies, from the new, unexpectedly hefty measurements of the W boson mass to the long-standing muon g−2 discrepancy, but they lack firm evidence of new physics. “There aren’t any obvious flashing lights,” says Nishita Desai, a theorist at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in India. “It’s not like ‘this is where you will get a discovery.
Theorists in the 1960s posited that particle mass arose from an imperceptible field permeating all of space: the more a particle interacts with this field, the greater its mass. Peter Higgs, a British theorist, suggested that the field would have an associated particle—the Higgs boson. Discovering it would confirm the mechanism that gave elementary particles their mass.
“There’s a certain generation of physicists who were told that, as soon as the accelerator turned on, they would see SUSY [and] find new physics.” Blekman says. “But there is no reason why it should be so easy.” After each multiyear run, the LHC’s equipment requires refurbishing.. José Miguel Jiménez, CERN’s head of technology, who oversaw the second long shutdown, ticks off a rapid-fire list of areas that needed work: “technical infrastructure, cooling, ventilation, electrical distribution, electrical safety, elevators, cranes, all these fancy door access systems [and] fire detection.”
This density is crucial because it determines how many collisions the detectors at the LHC will eventually see, says Bettina Mikulec, a senior physicist at CERN, who led the injector upgrade. If the beam is not dense at the start, it will not be dense later. When it is running, the LHC—not just the magnets and beam but also computers and cryogenics and vacuum systems—consumes an astonishing amount of energy: about 800 gigawatt-hours per year, or about half that of the entire city of Geneva. “We are, in a certain way, the electrical utility for CERN,” says Mario Parodi, head of electrical project management. CERN’s electricity comes primarily from France, where about 80 percent of the grid relies on nuclear energy.
How did the Higgs boson work out? 😂
beautiful, like why we sitting here fuckin staring at deep fakes of war all day. go do something cool ya know
So the protons(+) are forced, and the electrons(e-) are ... lost ?
What’s the latest on the VLHC, or is it ELHC?
I keep sayin they need to chill smashing particles. Hey do them boys have a contingency plan incase they create a black hole by accident. Just sayin...
If all of the particle types are 'found' (produced), then what? Seems like as long as particles are collided at ever-higher energy levels, 'new' particles will be found ---calling into question the concept of 'elementary'.
Bio scanning would also work, but I'm not sure how far their specs reach yet.
Using Nano mites to detect anything in the air water and soil, would get you results faster and easier. It's all in the programming.
No doubt an achievement, but somehow it does not ring the right bells. The power of particles are well known. Hoping for the best.
Crosses fingers for quantum gravity breakthrough.
sciam: Large Haydron Collider is ready to find new particles to maybe add to the Standard Model of 17. Near the speed of light smashing particle from atoms, quarks and nueons to produce another that makes up the Universe - Dark Matter - Long shot, 85% there.
Have they tried looking under the table?
Is this the new Tinder profile for CERN?
Once you break the items into smaller pieces. What is the plan to put them back together?
Where are we heading to , super symmetry or multiverse ? I personally prefer super symmetry - which sounds like we earthlings still have a chance jump there take a look
Where should these new particles apply?
Is it advertising? The headline sounds like it’s advertising to fill vacant positions.
Yay
Reacting emotionally, simply bravo to the LHC! We want new particles for the new Nobel Prizes! Antimatter and black holes are not necessary in laboratory conditions, long live!
We need a particle collider that can reduce a particle to the smallest size that it can exist on the Cyclical cosmos . Smaller than Higgs Bosson’s particles. That’s where cyclical cosmos began. Professor Isagholian, astronomy and physically
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'Large Hadron Collider Seeks New Particles after Higgs Boson breakup'
May finally find the shaving cream atom.
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