Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Large Hadron Collider (LHC) Generates a 'Mini-Big Bang'

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-do-that-when-i-eat-chinese dept.

buildslave writes "The Large Hadron Collider has successfully created a 'mini-Big Bang' by smashing together lead ions instead of protons. The scientists working at the enormous machine on the Franco-Swiss border achieved the unique conditions on 7 November. The experiment created temperatures a million times hotter than the center of the Sun."

2 of 570 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Sooo..... by omnichad · · Score: 4, Informative

    The output energy probably wouldn't have exceeded the input energy. No chain reaction or anything.

    I'd imagine a mass the size of two lead ions at a trillion degrees could only maybe bring a gallon of room temperature water up a degree or two. They are quite small.

  2. Re:Science Journalism by ArcherB · · Score: 4, Informative

    I thought religious fundamentalists are merely a subset of anti-science loons.

    You do realize that the one who originally theorized the Big Bang was a Catholic Priest, right?

    You could even call him the "Father" of the Big Bang.

    --
    There is no "I disagree" mod for a reason. Flamebait, Troll, and Overrated are not substitutes.