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Originally Posted by BerrieK
Hmmn... how do you clean up a tonne of liquid helium?
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Very easily - it evaporates away very quickly!
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Okay, you guys who are in the know... just so I know I get how this thing works... that I have got this right...there are LOTS of magnets in an array that are cooled to 1.9 kelvin to become superconductors that conduct electricity without resistance....used to focus the beam along its 27km path to superspeeds, and two beams are focussed to collide head on....and BLAMMO, the interaction causes the 'God particle' presents itself for inspection. BUT A connection failed and queched (heated up) and thus melted, allowing the liquid helium (that was liquid because its so blooming cold) to leak. Is this how it went down??
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As far as my understanding goes, yes.
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So... what will they do once they have proven the existance of the 'God particle??'...to what end will this knowledge enhance the human race other than being able to prove a theoretical particle's existance? Will it be used for weaponry?
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Well there is a chance that the LHC will also give us a glimpse of some new physics that we is not part of the standard model. Such as super symmetry or extra dimensions. If it doesnt, we still know there is something wrong with the standard model - because it doesnt include gravity - so the search for the 'theory of everything' will continue and new more powerful particle accellerators may be needed to be built to test the new ideas.. and so the cycle continues
Well just as the article says, there is a chance that the Tevatron will find it, but I think many will wait for the 'smoking gun' evidence from the LHC - it was designed to see this reaction and thus the data will be much better.