Talk:Large Hadron Collider
Hubris
I guess the physics community can't win can it? When they can't test a theory, like string theory, people complain it isn't science. And when they do test a theory, like the Higgs mechanism in the standard model, people call it hubris? Ugh, this is making my head hurt.--Lemonpeel 16:23, 16 June 2009 (EDT)
Will get to this later
Just wanted to add, from what I have heard of/researched a bit about the LHC, the actual danger is that stranglets (a theoretical type of quark) could be potentially created and trapped within the earth's gravitational field, thus transforming all matter on earth to strange matter. Will get verification and modify as necessary. Also, I do not believe scientists at CERN actually deny the possibility, but rather the chances are so monumentally low (I have heard on the order of 1x10^-12%) that it is essentially more likely that the Earth will be destroyed in other ways. I will research this a bit and modify the article with proper citations. Cheers --AndrasK 18:32, 9 September 2008 (EDT)
- It was just a start. I know of the "strange matter" issue but I also know the major concern was the mini black holes being formed. ClarkeD 18:34, 9 September 2008 (EDT)
- To be clear, there is no concern in the scientific community. If there was they wouldn't have built the LHC (or any other supercollider) in the first place. As for the microscopic black holes, even if despite the infinitesimal odds one did form, it would die out nearly instantly due to Hawking radiation. It wouldn't have a large enough mass to sustain itself. You'd need something massive (a star) in order to create a self-sustaining black hole. There is nothing to be worried about. --Rspeed 00:33, 12 September 2008 (EDT)
- unless somewhere in the calculations someone divided by zero! --Foxtrot 03:35, 12 September 2008 (EDT)
- To be clear, there is no concern in the scientific community. If there was they wouldn't have built the LHC (or any other supercollider) in the first place. As for the microscopic black holes, even if despite the infinitesimal odds one did form, it would die out nearly instantly due to Hawking radiation. It wouldn't have a large enough mass to sustain itself. You'd need something massive (a star) in order to create a self-sustaining black hole. There is nothing to be worried about. --Rspeed 00:33, 12 September 2008 (EDT)
Discovering muons?
Muons have been known to exist for decades, and should be removed from this article, and gluons are not leptons, they are bosons, force mediators. Neither should be mentioned.--Freethinker 16:15, 23 October 2008 (EDT)