Higgs boson particle discovery is a huge science thingie!

[roshinaya]

I completely understand the science behind the Large Hadron Collider but I can't help fearing that one of these manufactured collisions is going to lead to an H-bomb like annihilation of the planet.



But I digress. I do find it interesting that we now know of subatomic particles and can't wait until they can start measuring them and giving new weight or density ratings to the periodic table of elements. That thing is getting pretty cluttered.

What do you mean by giving new weight and density ratings to elements? AFAIK, the Higgs field (and boson) is what gives the other subatomic particles mass, what gives mass to the atoms of the elements is a different matter (no pun intended) and are pretty set.



And there's no chance of anything as dramatic as a planet ending explosion happening at the LHC, even if it's high-energies they are working with it's not high enough. And besides when did a slight risk of a catastrophe stop scientists, they thought there was a chance that detonating the first nuclear bomb would cause a chain-reaction that would burn up the Earths atmosphere, but pushed the button anyways.

 

[The Count Dante]

A woman cant post this information!



Women have smaller brains then men... Its Science...

 

[supraman]

What do you mean by giving new weight and density ratings to elements? AFAIK, the Higgs field (and boson) is what gives the other subatomic particles mass, what gives mass to the atoms of the elements is a different matter (no pun intended) and are pretty set.



And there's no chance of anything as dramatic as a planet ending explosion happening at the LHC, even if it's high-energies they are working with it's not high enough. And besides when did a slight risk of a catastrophe stop scientists, they thought there was a chance that detonating the first nuclear bomb would cause a chain-reaction that would burn up the Earths atmosphere, but pushed the button anyways.

Wasn't the biggest threat split second micro black holes? Which don't do a damn thing anyway

 

[supraman]

A woman cant post this information!



Women have smaller brains then men... Its Science...

Well you see, she posted it so men could explain it to her using simple words.

 

[BigPete]

What do you mean by giving new weight and density ratings to elements? AFAIK, the Higgs field (and boson) is what gives the other subatomic particles mass, what gives mass to the atoms of the elements is a different matter (no pun intended) and are pretty set.



And there's no chance of anything as dramatic as a planet ending explosion happening at the LHC, even if it's high-energies they are working with it's not high enough. And besides when did a slight risk of a catastrophe stop scientists, they thought there was a chance that detonating the first nuclear bomb would cause a chain-reaction that would burn up the Earths atmosphere, but pushed the button anyways.

For instance, Magnesium will now have a weight of 1,700 Higgs bosons. It's just a thought that they would go in a direction like that. Do we even know if there is a specific number of Higgs bosons per atom? I imagine the picture will change slightly now that they have confirmed the existence of the Higgs boson, that's all I was saying.

 

[BigPete]

You mean you don't wanna be sucked into a blackhole?

It depends, is Anna Torv waiting for me on the 'other side'? Or how about Utopia (my utopia not yours).

 

[BiscuitintheBasket]

What do you mean by giving new weight and density ratings to elements? AFAIK, the Higgs field (and boson) is what gives the other subatomic particles mass, what gives mass to the atoms of the elements is a different matter (no pun intended) and are pretty set.



And there's no chance of anything as dramatic as a planet ending explosion happening at the LHC, even if it's high-energies they are working with it's not high enough. And besides when did a slight risk of a catastrophe stop scientists, they thought there was a chance that detonating the first nuclear bomb would cause a chain-reaction that would burn up the Earths atmosphere, but pushed the button anyways.

Actually, it is not true that the scientists that dentonated the first nuke thought the chain reactor would not end. That had been debunked by those in charge of the projects as more of a joke than a real concern.

 

[supraman]

It depends, is Anna Torv waiting for me on the 'other side'? Or how about Utopia (my utopia not yours).

wait blonde Anna Torv or sexy red head Anna Torv?

 

[BigPete]

wait blonde Anna Torv or sexy red head Anna Torv?

I will take one of each please. I'll just call one Altorvanate.

 

[supraman]

I will take one of each please. I'll just call one Altorvanate.

Fair enough. Though she never did anything for me as a blonde, but her alter universe character, yeah she did it for me.

 

[BiscuitintheBasket]

I will take one of each please. I'll just call one Altorvanate.

In the black hole you will have at least 4 of them!

 

[BigPete]

Fair enough. Though she never did anything for me as a blonde, but her alter universe character, yeah she did it for me.

You just liked her sassy attitude. She would totally be your dominatrix.

 

[BigPete]

In the black hole you will have at least 4 of them!

Perfect, so long as they never cycle together I'll never have to whack it again!!!

 

[supraman]

You just liked her sassy attitude. She would totally be your dominatrix.

The red hair helped.

 

[roshinaya]

For instance, Magnesium will now have a weight of 1,700 Higgs bosons. It's just a thought that they would go in a direction like that. Do we even know if there is a specific number of Higgs bosons per atom? I imagine the picture will change slightly now that they have confirmed the existence of the Higgs boson, that's all I was saying.

While I am not a physicist, just someone that is interested in this sort of stuff, I am pretty sure that's not how the Higgs boson works. It's a boson, a type of elementary particles which are a force carriers, like the photon is a force carrier of the electromagnetic field, so is the Higgs, a force carrier of the Higgs field which is the one that gives the other elementary particles mass. And there aren't Higgs bosons flying around freely, they decay instantaneously to other particles, that's why it was so hard to find in the first place and we needed to smash billions of protons together at near the speed of light to find one.

 

[The Count Dante]

The red hair helped.

EEUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

 

[Tater]

The red hair helped.

Fire Bush

 

[supraman]

EEUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

Hey if she is soulless I don't have to worry about her religion.

 

[Shantz My Pants]

Are we sure this isn't just Christopher Nolan and some viral marketing for the new Batman as Banes doom's day device?

 

[MassHavoc]

Someone say ginger?