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I think i understand a little bit better now after watching the rest of it and searching around the net. The Idea is to find the missing link to explain why particles slow and clump together to form mass. Otherwise all matter would simply move at the speed of light and not form any mass. But for some reason mass gases, stars, planets etc are formed. The have a theory and they are trying to either prove it or dismiss it. The are looking for the foundation particle. By bombarding two particles they can break down the two into protons into there building blocks, some of which only exist for a very small period of time. By studying these particles, there trajectory etc they can better understand them. So far the various accelerators built have not manged to provide enough energy to the collision to produce the fundemental particle (if it exists).
The problem is that the documentry perhaps incorrectly assumes that this experiment is about understanding the big bang event. Or perhaps I misunderstood what they were trying to explain. But really its about understanding the post big bang universe and why it has formed the way it has. I was intrigued by one of Scientist hoping that they dont find proof for the higgs model so that it might create a new revolution in Science, to rethink what we know.
Regards
Fahim
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