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The Universe Shouldn't Be Here, According to Higgs Physics
Live Science ^ | 06/23/2014 | Tia Ghose

Posted on 07/03/2014 11:34:01 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

The universe shouldn't exist — at least according to a new theory.

Modeling of conditions soon after the Big Bang suggests the universe should have collapsed just microseconds after its explosive birth, the new study suggests.

"During the early universe, we expected cosmic inflation — this is a rapid expansion of the universe right after the Big Bang," said study co-author Robert Hogan, a doctoral candidate in physics at King's College in London. "This expansion causes lots of stuff to shake around, and if we shake it too much, we could go into this new energy space, which could cause the universe to collapse."

Physicists draw that conclusion from a model that accounts for the properties of the newly discovered Higgs boson particle, which is thought to explain how other particles get their mass; faint traces of gravitational waves formed at the universe's origin also inform the conclusion.

Of course, there must be something missing from these calculations.

"We are here talking about it," Hogan told Live Science. "That means we have to extend our theories to explain why this didn't happen."

Bang!

One possible explanation holds that during the fiery flash after the primordial Big Bang explosion, matter raced outward at breakneck speeds in a process known as cosmic inflation. This bent and squeezed space-time, creating ripples known as gravitational waves that also twisted the radiation that passed through the universe, Hogan said.

(Excerpt) Read more at livescience.com ...


TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: bigbang; higgsboson; universe
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1 posted on 07/03/2014 11:34:01 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Just whip up another batch of “dark matter” and everything will work out.


2 posted on 07/03/2014 11:35:08 AM PDT by henkster (Do I really need a sarc tag?)
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To: SeekAndFind

Maybe it was God.


3 posted on 07/03/2014 11:37:19 AM PDT by deweyfrank
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To: SeekAndFind

Shows to go that even with top of the IQ chain brilliance such is this, there is still a lot to learn about physics.

Now, contrast this with the “settled science” cr*p coming out of the D- average dorks who keep trying to perp global cooling, er, global warming, er ...climate change on us.


4 posted on 07/03/2014 11:38:14 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: SeekAndFind
Of course, there must be something missing from these calculations.

Quite a mystery! What could it be?? God only knows!

5 posted on 07/03/2014 11:38:15 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy ("Harvey Dent, can we trust him?" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBsdV--kLoQ)
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To: SeekAndFind

Well then the stupid models and equations are wrong!
Can’t these “scientists” see that? They are not true scientists, looking for the truth. They have a set of preconceived notions and won’t let go of them, even when there is evidence they are wrong.


6 posted on 07/03/2014 11:39:27 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
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To: SeekAndFind
what looked like primordial gravitational waves to the BICEP2 telescope may actually be signals from cosmic dust in the galaxy, said Sean Carroll, a physicist at the California Institute of Technology and author of "The Particle at the End of the Universe: How the Hunt for the Higgs Boson Leads Us to the Edge of a New World" (Dutton Adult, 2012).

If the details of cosmic inflation change, then Hogan and Fairbairn's model would need to adapt as well

Fun stuff!

7 posted on 07/03/2014 11:41:41 AM PDT by ConservingFreedom (A goverrnment strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.)
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To: SeekAndFind
RSR's List of Shocked Evolutionists
Date: Jun 27, 2014
Length: 30:50
8 posted on 07/03/2014 11:42:57 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper ("Finally, I have to mention a man who made life at the WH very sweet- Crustmaster & his crack pies")
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To: SeekAndFind

The didn’t account for the period of global warming in the 12th microsecond of expansion.


9 posted on 07/03/2014 11:48:07 AM PDT by mbarker12474
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To: I want the USA back
From the article:

"We are here talking about it," Hogan told Live Science. "That means we have to extend our theories to explain why this didn't happen."

I guess he's not a "true scientist". Whatever that is. He thinks the theories need to be adjusted.

10 posted on 07/03/2014 11:50:17 AM PDT by NorthMountain
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To: SeekAndFind

Or it could be that God created the universe and keeps it stable by His will.


11 posted on 07/03/2014 11:53:24 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Haven't you lost enough freedoms? Support an end to the WOD now.)
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To: SeekAndFind

And no one is asking what the conditions were just before the Big Bang took place.


12 posted on 07/03/2014 11:54:41 AM PDT by 353FMG
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To: SeekAndFind

if time is bent and squeezed, is that how the “days” of creation became so complex? just wondering.


13 posted on 07/03/2014 11:55:29 AM PDT by huldah1776
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One possible explanation holds that during the fiery flash after the primordial Big Bang explosion, matter raced outward at breakneck speeds in a process known as cosmic inflation. This bent and squeezed space-time, creating ripples known as gravitational waves that also twisted the radiation that passed through the universe, Hogan said.


What is this guy smoking?.....


14 posted on 07/03/2014 11:56:51 AM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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To: deweyfrank
Maybe it was God.

God has provided abundant evidence that when it comes to the physical universe he wanted it to be understandable, predictable, and he refrained from magic.

15 posted on 07/03/2014 12:04:12 PM PDT by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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To: SeekAndFind
Of course, there must be something missing from these calculations

"Just add water…"

16 posted on 07/03/2014 12:04:33 PM PDT by mikrofon (Hap-helion Day 2014 ... 94.1M miles)
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To: ClearCase_guy

…exactly!!!

(There are scriptures that back it up too.)


17 posted on 07/03/2014 12:08:46 PM PDT by C. Edmund Wright (www.FireKarlRove.com NOW)
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To: deweyfrank
Maybe it was God.

He has made the earth by His power, He has established the world by His wisdom, And has stretched out the heavens at His discretion.

Jeremiah 10:12

18 posted on 07/03/2014 12:13:24 PM PDT by Hoodat (Proverbs 29:2)
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To: SeekAndFind

If there is one thing I’ve learned with modern science is science becomes settled and results can never ever be questioned. The only thing left to debate is how big of a government program is required.


19 posted on 07/03/2014 12:17:24 PM PDT by Organic Panic
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To: deweyfrank

Seems like the stuff these people believe takes more faith than simply acknowledging there is a Creator.


20 posted on 07/03/2014 12:22:30 PM PDT by Phillyred
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