It's long been the stuff of science fiction fantasy but time travel could be a real possibility say scientists. Furthermore, they believe the 17-mile-long Large Hadron Collider (LHC) based underground near Geneva holds the key. The theory is that the world’s biggest atom smasher might be able to unleash the Higgs singlet - a particle that could appear before the collision that produced it. The mind-boggling theory is that it will have entered from another dimension. There are a few obstacles in the way, however. To begin with, scientists aren't even sure that the particle exists – or whether the LHC is capable of creating it. The Higgs singlet is related to another particle which is also yet to be found, the Higgs boson. This particular particle has been dubbed the 'God particle' and is believed to have been crucial in forming the cosmos after the Big Bang. Regarding the Higgs singlet, physicists say that finding it could pave the way for messages to be sent both to the past and the future, according to a report in LiveScience. ‘Our theory is a long shot, but it doesn't violate any laws of physics or experimental constraints,’ said physicist Tom Weiler of Vanderbilt University. Writing on the research website arxiv.org, Mr Weiler and fellow scientist Chui Man Ho explain that if the LHC manages to find the elusive Higgs boson then a Higgs singlet may be produced at the same time. To prove their theory the team needs the LHC to show evidence of Higgs singlet particles and their decay products appearing at the same.(Daily Mail)Monday 21 March 2011
Secret of time travel could be unlocked by the Large Hadron Collider, scientists claim
It's long been the stuff of science fiction fantasy but time travel could be a real possibility say scientists. Furthermore, they believe the 17-mile-long Large Hadron Collider (LHC) based underground near Geneva holds the key. The theory is that the world’s biggest atom smasher might be able to unleash the Higgs singlet - a particle that could appear before the collision that produced it. The mind-boggling theory is that it will have entered from another dimension. There are a few obstacles in the way, however. To begin with, scientists aren't even sure that the particle exists – or whether the LHC is capable of creating it. The Higgs singlet is related to another particle which is also yet to be found, the Higgs boson. This particular particle has been dubbed the 'God particle' and is believed to have been crucial in forming the cosmos after the Big Bang. Regarding the Higgs singlet, physicists say that finding it could pave the way for messages to be sent both to the past and the future, according to a report in LiveScience. ‘Our theory is a long shot, but it doesn't violate any laws of physics or experimental constraints,’ said physicist Tom Weiler of Vanderbilt University. Writing on the research website arxiv.org, Mr Weiler and fellow scientist Chui Man Ho explain that if the LHC manages to find the elusive Higgs boson then a Higgs singlet may be produced at the same time. To prove their theory the team needs the LHC to show evidence of Higgs singlet particles and their decay products appearing at the same.(Daily Mail)