Posted on 01/15/2007 1:57:53 AM PST by SunkenCiv
Particle physics is in the doldrums. Since 1974 it has not made any major advance except to add to the particle zoo and to tweak the Standard Model. String theory has claimed the attention many young physicists, eager for both fresh challenges and new intellectual adventures. But save for a daunting set of equations, string theory to this day is devoid of even a scintilla of direct observational evidence. For these reasons, a lot is riding on the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) that was completed last year and will begin full operation this year... It’s the world’s biggest particle accelerator and its main purpose is to detect the Higgs boson... Why is this important? ...Theory has it that the source of mass is the movement of particles in the Higgs field. But for this field to exist, it must have a particle associated with it, the Higgs boson... In brief, in 2007 it’s make or break for particle physics -- as we know it.
(Excerpt) Read more at manilatimes.net ...
From the point of view of the photon, the universe is zero in width, length, depth, or height, and its duration in time is also zero, which makes inertia difficult to measure.
Moving right along...
The whole thing is related to 18th century sailing vessels.
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