By Joe Ingino
By now it is no secret of the great work that is underway at the CERN (Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire) laboratory in Switzerland.
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator. It first started up on 10 September 2008, and remains the latest addition to CERN’s accelerator complex. The LHC consists of a 27-kilometre ring of superconducting magnets with a number of accelerating structures to boost the energy of the particles along the way.
Inside the accelerator, two high-energy particle beams travel at close to the speed of light before they are made to collide. The beams travel in opposite directions in separate beam pipes – two tubes are kept at ultrahigh vacuum. They are guided around the accelerator ring by a strong magnetic field maintained by superconducting electromagnets. The electromagnets are built from coils of special electric cable that operates in a superconducting state, efficiently conducting electricity without resistance or loss of energy. This requires chilling the magnets to -271.3°C – a temperature colder than outer space.
At this facility many physic theories are being explored. But no one more important than the ‘God Particle’. The term 'The God particle' was coined by the physicist Leon Lederman in his 1993 popular science book, The God Particle: If the Universe Is the Answer, What Is the Question?
The particle that the book title refers to is the 'Higgs boson'. The particle we now call the Higgs boson has never been observed. First hypothesized in 1964, the Higgs boson, if discovered, would be a vital missing piece of the model that physicists use to describe elementary particles and their interactions: the Standard Model.
What is the Higgs boson? The theories and discoveries of thousands of physicists over the past century have resulted in a remarkable insight into the fundamental structure of matter: everything in the Universe is found to be made from twelve basic building blocks called fundamental particles, governed by four fundamental forces. After 5 years of scrutinizing the elusive Higgs boson closely, scientists say they've determined that the "God particle" Tapping into ‘Dark Matter’
Astonishingly, astrophysical observations have demonstrated that all visible physical matter accounts for only four percent of the Universe. Now the race is on at CERN to find those elusive particles or phenomena responsible for dark matter (23 percent) and dark energy (73 percent).
Essentially what the CERN experiment hopes to achieve is to separate – by way of the atom smasher - the invisible dark matter, which has been described as the very glue that holds together, from the visible. There’s just one problem with this experiment: Nobody has any idea what the consequences will be if that goal is achieved. So once again, this ‘dark versus visible’ paradigm has generated a battle that transcends the scientific world, becoming a question involving philosophy and spirituality.
What fascinating science. At the end of the day. It appears that no matter what we attach to the word ‘God’ to it transforms it into a whole new priority and or importance to the world.
But even if we define the so called elusive mystery of the ‘GOD PARTICLE’. Can it really be called ‘GODLY’. Let’s take a step back. If God made us in his image. How can a particle define a GOD?
The other aspect of the scientific labeling is more for hype then practicality. Think about it... defining the origin of matter...anything to do with GOD as we know it?
Scientist as clever as they are also human with the same complexities and confusion as the rest of us. I guess under their understanding. Defining the origin of all matter would incorporate the social concept of a GOD. It would shed light to religious doctrine and once in for all put religions of the world in their place. Primarily ‘SOCIETY’.
If we learn anything from human history is that the writing have been on the wall all along and we as humans make advancements by piecing the parts of the puzzle to paint a picture of understanding.
In this case. We must clearly put ‘GOD’ where it belongs. As a tool through out history that was used to oppress and control the human psychic from it’s primal instincts. Fear, is a powerful tool to the ignorant. With this said. All religions of the world may be understood if incorporated as a social building element of world societies. The root for all cultures, customs and traditions.
And now back to science.
What the scientist at CERN are attempting to do is not find GOD. But instead gain understanding to how matter and anti matter co-exists and the ramifications it has to our existence.
Are we energy entrapped in frequency of sort, manipulated by laws and rules. If so we still have the dilemma of defining the origin of the source of energy.
I remember once someone saying ‘IN NOTHING WE FIND EVERYTHING AND IN NOTHING WE HAVE DEFINE ALL’. Interesting thinking.
As it puts CERN firmly in it’s place... as no matter the discovery we still have the issue of the causation of the origin... or the source.
As stated if dark matter (23 percent) and dark energy (73 percent) then are we getting any closer to the answer of what came first. The chicken or the egg? Or are we just sophisticating the question by attaching ‘GOD PARTICLE’ to it.
I think that understanding is crucial to our development as a civilization. I doubt it very much if a definiative answer can rationally be found to the origin of matter. What I think we will find by the research at CERN are new sciences... The long standing theories of dimensions, dual realities and new ways to improve technologies. Such as the use of dark energy to replace nuclear reactors in the production of electricity. How to use the dark energy to supply infinite energy to all kinds of machineries.
Scientists are at the brink of understanding the frequencies that inter twine our realities. Port holes that until know have been feared as not fully understood. World within worlds that up to know have been nothing but science fiction. World’s that due to lack of scientific understanding have been kept secret. We have not had a major scientific break through in over 50 years. I think we are at the brink of such break through. Are we ready as a people? As a civilization?
Time will tell.
