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LHC Big Questions

LHC Big Questions. String Theory!. p +. p +. What is String Theory?. Treats elementary particles as infinitesimal, one-dimensional "string-like" objects rather than dimensionless points in space-time.

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LHC Big Questions

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  1. LHC Big Questions

  2. String Theory! p+ p+

  3. What is String Theory? Treats elementary particles as infinitesimal, one-dimensional "string-like" objects rather than dimensionless points in space-time. Different vibrations of the strings correspond to different particles. Most theories propose 11 dimensions; four correspond to the three ordinary spatial dimensions and time, while the rest are curled up and not perceptible. Levels of Magnification:1. Macroscopic level - Matter2. Molecular level3. Atomic level 4. Subatomic level - Electron5. Subatomic level - Quarks6. String level

  4. Search for the Higgs Particle! p+ p+

  5. What (who) is the Higgs? Yes, this is Peter Higgs and he did propose the existence of the Higgs boson. Yes, this picture shows that he was found at CERN. But, this is not the Higgs that is being sought at the LHC.

  6. The next three slides illustrate what many physicists hope to find at the LHC. What’s been called the “elusive Higgs boson” and the “God particle” can be described as the mechanism which extends the Standard Model to explain how particles acquire the properties associated with mass. The Higgs boson is the exchange particle in this field. The Higgs boson in 3 easy slides

  7. Roomful of people = scattered particles with mass

  8. Famous person entering room = massive particle

  9. Swarm of people = group of particles = mass

  10. Dark Matter! p+ p+

  11. Does not interact with the electromagnetic force. Presence can be inferred from gravitational effects on visible matter. Accounts for the vast majority of mass in the observable universe. Dark Matter

  12. Supersymmetry! p+ p+

  13. Relates elementary particles of one spin to another particle that differs by half a unit of spin and are known as superpartners. For every type of boson there exists a corresponding type of fermion, and vice versa. If supersymmetry exists, it allows the solution of two major puzzles: Huge expected corrections to the particles' masses, which without fine-tuning will make them much larger than they are in nature. The unification of the weak interactions, the strong interactions and electromagnetism. SUSY

  14. Unification of Forces! p+ p+

  15. Could these fundamental forces be unified into one? LHC could provide the answer!

  16. Knowledge about the early universe! p+ p+

  17. According to the Big Bang model: The universe expanded from an extremely dense and hot state and continues to expand today. Space itself is expanding, carrying galaxies with it, like raisins in a rising loaf of bread. BUT, what did it look like very early in its life? LHC may help answer this question!

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