String Theory Put to the Test

secretsather writes to mention that scientists have come up with a definitive test that could prove or disprove string theory. The project is described as "Similar to the well known U.S. particle collider at Fermi Lab, the Large Hadron Collider, scheduled for November 2007, is expected to be the largest, and highest energy particle accelerator in existence; it will use liquid helium cooled superconducting magnets to produce electric fields that will propel particles to near light speeds in a 16.7 mile circular tunnel. They then introduce a new particle into the accelerator, which collides with the existing ones, scattering many other mysterious subatomic particles about."

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Re:Flipping Burgers?

[garglblaster]

ELEVEN DIMENSIONS??

You must be joking.

I'd personally prefer a theory with 3 dimensions + time as an imaginary 4th.
This has been proven over and over again and is consistent with temporary physics.

Anything containing more than let's say 5 dimensions is absolutely speculative and there has not been any evidence for this whatsoever..
Last time I checked I couldn't see any evidence for more than 3 dimensions (+time as a 4th) anywhere
- even when looking under the sofa.

Please get real folks