Another thing they are trying to do is to make mini black holes to prove that we do not live in just a three-dimensional world but a 9 or 10 dimensional one. These black holes might explain concepts like super-symmetry and dark matter. While all of these things are just theories based on math, if this machine is finished, there will be physical proof that these theories are true. The first proton beam was sent around the LHC on September 10, 2008. This was a break through because they had been working for so long. Despite all of the interesting findings that this experiment conceives, the machine is an expensive investment that will cost over 7billion dollars and creates many potential problems.
Once the public found out about this experiment, people were scared. They discovered that black holes were being generated through this experiment on the earth, which would make anyone worried. Black holes are dense areas of concentrated mass. Black holes are dangerous because intense gravitational pull will swallow anything in the surrounding area. Black holes are formed when a red super giant star collapses. The red super giant collapses towards the end of its life when its pressure becomes unbalanced. The star implodes in on itself which creates the black hole. The area surrounding the black hole in which the gravitational pull is too large to escape is called the event horizon. Black holes suck in every including light. There is no escaping the gravitational pull in the event horizon. Black holes can be very dangerous and that is why some people believe that a tiny black created by the LHC can swallow the whole earth.
In our opinion, there should have been a warning for this experiment and possibly a vote among people. When the government approved this project, there should have been more information given to the common people. However, we think that the experiment should continue because we do not think that anything bad is going to happen and the information can explain the fundamental questions of physics, which is great. These scientists are smart people, and to fund and build such a machine for this long shows that they do not only have faith that new information with be found but that it also won't destroy the Earth.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_hole
http://www.space.com/blackholes/
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Very interesting topic. I really like the powerpoint as it provides good information, it is well written, and the background pictures are very cool.
ReplyDeleteThis is very interesting but the risks are definitely high
ReplyDeleteVery intersting informative article. You covered a broad topic very well. Great video and the presentation was got my attention very quickly.
ReplyDeleteVery good article, even though you fail to mention the failures that happened a year ago postponing the progress of the LHC.
ReplyDeleteI don't quite agree that this experiment should have been called to a vote by the people because they are researching a very important topic. But it is a good article.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Clay. This experiment could lead to some big discoveries
ReplyDeleteThis was a very good topic and article. If I am not mistaken, don't black holes suck in everything around them? So I thought that it would be hard to make them successfully.
ReplyDeleteThis is very intresting.I found out a lot on what our government is doing behind our backs.
ReplyDeleteThis is very interesting. What are the odds of this creating black holes?
ReplyDeleteThis is a good, thorough article explaining a cool topic. I am surprised that scientists have the finds for this. I hope the end of the world wont happen.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed your article, and I thought the youtube video you chose was clear and informative. Relating back to what clay had said, I don't think that there should be a vote to determine whether to conduct the experiment or not. As you said in your article, many people were scared by the concept of potentially creating black holes, and if they just relied on their fears to make the decision without knowing all of the information about the experiment, then people would vote against it. That would be unfortunate because this experiment has the potential to be very informative. Nice blog article
ReplyDeleteI really like this topic that was chosen. It shows how advanced our technology is and that we can find out such important information to what happened during the big bang and how it formed our universe. Also the video that was posted explains how the machine works very clearly.
ReplyDeleteThis is a good topic and a well written article. I don't think scientists should be testing this if it even has the slightest chance of causing something as terrible as a black hole. Its not bad to take risks but black holes are really dangerous. Maybe scientists should try and think of a different process that would give them the same results without the chance of something as dangerous like a black hole.
ReplyDeleteThis is a really interesting topic. It shows that we will do anything to achieve a scientific breakthrough even if it means killing us all.
ReplyDeleteI think that the risk of this is not likely enough, to worry about. It would help us know so much more about not only the creation of the world, but possibly many other things.
ReplyDeletewow this caught me off gaurd, pretty cool how much we care abut discovery though.
ReplyDeleteThis is a good topic and the article is pretty clear. I learned a lot from watching your powerpoint.
ReplyDeleteI like the idea but I think some of your information is wrong.
ReplyDeleteGreat blog article. Very fascinating, but i think that some of your data needs to be corrected or altered.
ReplyDeleteTrying to find the "God Particle" and attempting to recreate a big bang like collision is fascinating, but seems almost excessive and dangerous
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Unfortunately there has been a lot of Hype over the LHC over what is really isn't that dangerous. It does have the potential to create a black hole, but so does dropping your pencil on the floor. Both just have an extremely low chance to the point where its almost negligible. In fact minuscule black holes are created every day because of particles hitting earth.
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