Division said:but these come with some worst-case-scenario theories. Some of them are theories such as miniature Black Holes, instant mega storms, sudden desctruction of the planet etc. etc.
Well, it recreates collisions earlier than we've ever recreated collisions before. But certainly it doesn't recreate collisions that happened right at the hottest point, which was during reheating as inflation ended.Slashbe said:I'm watching a documentary on the L.H.C and it struck me as odd when the narrator mentioned that the L.H.C. would be able to create the types of temperatures and pressures that were present at the big bang beginning.
I found it odd that two protons could recreate those conditions.
Slashbe said:I'm watching a documentary on the L.H.C and it struck me as odd when the narrator mentioned that the L.H.C. would be able to create the types of temperatures and pressures that were present at the big bang beginning.
I found it odd that two protons could recreate those conditions.
Well, it gets a little bit closer when they slam heavy metal nuclei together, as in that case they generate a quark-gluon plasma, which is the matter state that existed when the early universe was at very high temperatures. Of course, many current accelerators do this already, LHC will just go to higher energies.Coin said:When they say "create the types of temperatures and pressures that were present at the big bang beginning"
What they really mean is:
- The big bang era was very high energy
- The LHC collisions are very high energy
This is the only "condition" replicated and really an LHC collision is not like the big bang at all. I really wish the press would not use the "big bang machine" analogy.
Oh, that is interesting, thanks for the correction. But this will I take it not be happening in proton-proton collisions?Chalnoth said:Well, it gets a little bit closer when they slam heavy metal nuclei together, as in that case they generate a quark-gluon plasma, which is the matter state that existed when the early universe was at very high temperatures. Of course, many current accelerators do this already, LHC will just go to higher energies.
I don't believe so, no.Coin said:Oh, that is interesting, thanks for the correction. But this will I take it not be happening in proton-proton collisions?
Division said:The point of the L.H.C is to find out what happened when the Big Back occurred.
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