by Stokes-Herbst on December 2, 2009
in Science
Hi All,
Since the successful start-up of the Large Hadron Collider there have been the odd spurious particle collisions. This has not immediately led to the ‘black hole’ scenario so far. However we have some way to go till there are full on particle collisions thus proving/disproving the black hole theory. Hopefully in a short while, we will be up to the full power mode where proton collisions are the norm. Then and only then will there be potential power to physically prove the generation of a black hole, and then it will probably shudder and die quickly.
With the full power mode of the LHC comes a new area of Physics-we wait with baited breath for the results!
Hi All,
Great news-the LHC has started back up and is smashing Protons-even though it is at low energy. It proves the great Detectors work and the whole machine is basically functional withe beams traveling in opposite directions. At these low energies, we wont get exotic particles like the proposed higgs-Boson, until the great machine is ramped up gradually to the final operating voltage. However the last few days have been great days for Physics!
The energies will be ramped up in stages to achieve a final operating voltage, where we can begin to expect collisions that produce the particles we would expect to see just a few milliseconds after the big-bang! When this is achieved, hope to produce rare particles that exist for only a fraction of a second, and that produce that elusive so called God particle!
This particle the Higgs-Boson, is supposed to be related to gravity-the great unknown force in the Universe. Once this is discovered/proved, then they may be able to understand how matter is ‘held together’ in a manner so elusive. Currently they think this may be in an all pervasive field throughout the whole Universe! Lets look forward to the future and all it contains………..
Personally, I am exploring some of these topics through music which you can access through this site…..
by Stokes-Herbst on November 25, 2009
in Science
The LHC has been cooled down to -271Deg K the coolest place in the Universe! Soon the starting up of the beams can commenced, bringing the worlds biggest machine and experiment on line. What will be found when the worlds biggest detector fires up and starts seeing particles buzzing about. I will be continuing my interest on the musical front and incorporating results into my thinking for future musical projects. Exciting times….
by Stokes-Herbst on November 18, 2009
in Science
The LHC is working very smoothly so far, and beams are now circulating the mammoth circle, ready to find the ‘GOD Particle’…the latest from the LHC page is:..
The LHC operations teams are preparing the machine for circulating beams and things are going very smoothly. ALICE and LHCb are getting used to observing particle tracks coming from the LHC beams. During the weekend of 7-8 November, CMS also saw its first signals from beams dumped just upstream of the experiment cavern….
Here’s looking out for the Higgs-Boson…the one that may describe the ‘field’ to all things...well not maybe everything!?
I am thinking of how I can compose something to it with Electronic sounds!!!!????
Cheers to the team!
Paul
Unbelievably the Net is so entrenched in our modern life that warfare can actually be carried out by Computer! – Nations are piling resources resources into this type of disablement. The targets are Nations infrastructure, and it seems has already been used by the US in Iraq.
“To go to physical war requires billions of dollars,” he said. “To go to cyber war most people can easily find the resources that could be used in these kind of attacks.” -Mr Day
May be my watch may someday self explode!-but as the theatre of war grows, devices could be planted in the most unlikely places such as the ‘bomb in a computer’ type scenario often seen on film such as Bond etc though the main threat is reconnaissance and infrastructure………..
I spoke to Electronic Composer Ian Boddy last night over a beer, and tried to hammer out some details about Geodesics and how to parallel musical interpretation against the particles movement and trajectories. (see previous blog) As with historical musical interpretations of the physics of the understood universe, the composers then went deeply into the understanding of maths-or discoursed with Mathematicians, to more accurately interpret the phenomena of the physics into musical phrase. I intend to capture the physics of Geodesics and related particles backgrounds into music.
