Scientists working on the Huge Hadron Collider (LHC, by its initials in English), almost ambitious physics experiment in earth, started on Tuesday a test that seeks to revive the conditions of beginning of the universe after the Big-Bang-and determine new aspects of its intrinsic nature
The research workers confirmed the clash of 2 beams of subatomic particles at a rate slightly below that of light. The hit energy generated a record seven trillion volts.
The experiment tries to discover hints to some of the big questions that still have no answer in particle physics.
The LHC, wich construction price was U.S. $ 9,000 million, eventually started to get results 18 months after their operation then, getting suffered some breaking.
The experiment of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN for its French acronym) was retarded several hours due to a problem with the beams.
In search of the Higgs boson
During the experiment, scientists will look for signs of the Higgs boson, a subatomic particle also called the “God particle” that is crucial for the current understanding of physics. The theory is that it provides mass to everything in the universe.
Although it is anticipated their existence, scientists have never seen, said Matt McGrath, science specialist for El Noticiero, from Geneva.
In this Swiss city, in a circular tunnel 27 km long, 100 meters beneath the Franco-Swiss border, is the LHC.
McGrath explains that researchers have been working on raising the energy contained in small bundles running through the tunnel 11,000 times per second.
The plan is to cross the beams at several points in the circuit to create collisions with record amounts of energy.
Years of analysis
Guido Tonelli, spokesman for the scientists working in one of the sensing elements that will follow the results of subatomic particles, said “the business of small beams of particles collide at high energies is not easy.”
“Getting match has been likened to throwing needles through the Atlantic Ocean and make collide halfway. The researchers promise will happen. And it might shed light on some very deep and difficult questions of physics,” adds .
The LHC, Tonelli says, “can finally begin to shed light on these results, but do not expect fast answers. The vast quantities of data generated by the colliding beam takes years of analysis before drawing final conclusions.
Known as “God’s machine”, the greatest particle accelerator in the world had tripled in March, the most intense energy ever achieved. This occurred during the preparations for the current experiment in research of the secrets of the universe.
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