Big Bang – In search of the beginning

What happened billions of years ago? Man is now trying to find an answer for the same. It took 14 years for him to prepare for this moment.

Deep under the earth scientists from 80+ countries are going to launch worlds extensive physics experiment in history to understand the creation of our Universe. It is all set to happen at CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) near Geneva. Twenty seven kilometers circular tunnel has been prepared which crosses Switzerland and France for Large Hadron Collider particle accelerator. 10 billion dollars are being spent on this experiment.  This experiment is set to through light on evidence of extra dimensions, invisible “dark matter” and an elusive particle called “Higgs boson“. YouTube and other online video streaming sites are filled with videos related to LHC while there is a big question on many peoples face “Will the world end today?“.

India @ Hadron Collider

30 Indian scientists are also part of this experiment. India has made substantial technological contributions to this project. Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) will be web casting the event in Geneva through its bandwidth.  It is also said that many components being fabricated by Indian Industry and supplied to CERN along with the contributions towards construction of the LHC accelerator itself.  Raja Ramanna Center for Advanced Technology (RRCAT) at Indore led Indian laboratories have contributed substantially towards these efforts. They have met the standards of precisions set by International organizations and also followed stringent time-line which is commendable.

Live updates :D irect live feed from CERN

Watch CNNIBN for live cast of this experiment from 12:30 PM IST

More Images: LHC Images can be found here

Indian contribution: Read more about Indian contribution in this PDF

Image source : Boston.com

My kannada article on this topic can be found here.

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3 Comments.

  1. http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn14696-is-dark-matter-a-wimp-or-a-champ.html

    above link gives a better idea about these dark matters.
    Ultimately, it would be a great success if it can generate some light. Such heavy masses seem very adamant to movement. I am curious on the results

  2. Stephen Hawking showed in the 1980s that “small” black holes
    evaporate instantly in a shower of gamma rays before they can
    swallow anything. It’s called “Hawking Radiation” in his honor.
    This is why the average cosmic ray coming into earth’s atmosphere
    doesn’t create a mini-black-hole that can “eat the earth.” Good
    thing Hawking’s right, otherwise our solar system could not have
    formed in the first place… too many black holes eating up all the
    matter.

  3. Wow! This response give us lots of inputs for understanding this experiment.

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