LHC has 5 new goals..... search for extra dimensions among other stuff

[Ichingcarpenter]

1.The fifth dimension

The higher-powered LHC may finally be able to test for the existence of extra dimensions, said Lisa Randall, a string theorist at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts..........................................



2. Higgs, meet your twin!

When scientists discovered the Higgs boson in 2012, physicists everywhere rejoiced and said the Standard Model was complete. So why are they so excited to look for more of the same?...............................


3. Double the trouble!

The current run of the LHC could also find evidence for supersymmetry, which would at least double the list of particles in physicists' catalog.......................

4. Dark matter lurking


Another top contender for the "most wanted particle" is a particle to explain dark matter. About 80 percent of the universe is composed of an invisible matter that exerts a gravitational pull on ordinary matter but does not interact with light, Gates said.....................................



5. Teeny tiny particles

According to the Standard Model, the building blocks of matter are made up of 12 matter and 12 antimatter particles. These are the smallest particles get, according to the model. But a theory known as "compositeness" proposes these basic building blocks are made up of even tinier pieces, known as preons..................................



http://www.livescience.com/50465-most-wanted-particles-lhc.html

[jtuck004]

1. LHC is revving up into monster power range, 13 terraelectronvolts. So I went to find out how many

homes that would power...

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Also in LHC they are running around 100 trillion protons, each having 8 TeV. The 100 trillion protons weight about 1 nanogram in total (that is like nothing), but their net kinetic energy is huge: it is like a 300 tones train going at 100 km per hour. Imagine that something weighting 1 nanogram has an energy of a fast going train. That puts things into perspective. – mpv Dec 5 '13 at 0:04
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http://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/23294/how-much-is-1-electron-volt-ev

So subatomic, very small in our day-to-day terms, too small to be seen without a personal LHC, but happening all around us.

Ahh, learning.