The biggest news in science today is the Large Hadron Collider and the anticipation of finally discovering the Higgs boson particle. But what is the Higgs boson and why is it often referred to as the God Particle? Other than the Higgs, why is the LHC so important? Understanding the science behind the LHC can be difficult for anyone without an advanced degree in particle physics, but youdont need to go back to school to understand why this branch of science is enjoying its heyday and why its important to understand it. Paul Halpern provides readers with the tools they need to understand what the LHC and what it hopes to discover. The LHC aims to shed light on how the universe began by replicating conditions just after the Big Bang. In the same vein, to understand the significance of the LHCs discoveries, Collider takes a fascinating look back tosee where collider technology has taken us, what the colliders over the last hundred years have discovered, and what the LHC and the colliders beyond couldpossibly reveal. Readers will learn about the Standard Model, the four forces(weak and strong force, gravity, and electromagnetism), the myriad array of particles weve discovered, why we might be on the verge of disproving string theory, and how the LHC could help us discover dark matter, dark energy, strangematter, and portals to higher dimensions.
- ISBN: 978-0-470-28620-3
- Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 272
- Fecha Publicación: 17/08/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés