The LHC Does It Again.

[bornagainathiest]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-39333376

 

The Large Hadron Collider has discovered new sub-atomic particles that could help to explain how the centres of atoms are held together.

The particles are all different forms of the so-called Omega-c baryon, whose existence was confirmed in 1994.

Physicists had always believed the various types existed but had not been able to detect them - until now.

The discovery will shed light on the operation of the "strong force", which glues the insides of atoms.

The centres of atoms consist of particles called neutrons and protons. They in turn are made up of smaller particles called quarks, which have unusual names.

Those inside neutrons and protons are called "Up" and "Down". These quarks are held together by the nuclear strong force. Physicists have a theory called quantum chromodynamics for how the nuclear strong force works but using it to make predictions requires very complex calculations.

The Omega-c baryon is in the same family of particles as the neutron and proton, but it can be thought of as a more exotic cousin. It too is made up of quarks but they are called "Charm" and "Strange", and they are heavier versions of the Up and Down quarks.

Since the Omega-c particle's discovery, it was thought that there were heavier versions. Its bigger brothers and sisters if you like. Now, physicists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (Cern) have found them. They believe that by studying these siblings, they'll learn more about the workings of the nuclear strong force.

Dr Greig Cowan, of the University of Edinburgh, UK, who works on the LHCb experiment at Cern's LHC, said: "This is a striking discovery that will shed light on how quarks bind together. It may have implications not only to better understand protons and neutrons, but also more exotic multi-quark states, such as pentaquarks and tetraquarks."

Prof Tara Shears, of Liverpool University, who also works on the experiment, said: "These particles have been hiding in plain sight for years, but it has taken the exquisite sensitivity of the LHCb to bring them to our attention."

 

 

[florduh]

And to think, YouTube videos are claiming CERN has opened the Gates of Hell. Of course there are also plenty of videos that prove the Earth is flat. We truly are in the post-truth age.

[bornagainathiest]

 

They fear what they don't understand, Florduh.

 

And the Christian church stokes those fears through indoctrination.

 

250 years ago, when one on the Montgolfier brothers hot air balloons came down in a French village, the inhabitants attacked it, believing it was the devil.

 

Go figure!

[pantheory]

My take on this is that these claims are based upon particles that last billions of a second like the Higg's particle. According to my view this take on reality is all BS IMHO, but of course this may now be considered a possibility for some practitioners in this field.  "Could help to explain," however is the proper scientific wording which they used being for a proponent of a proposal like this one; I will have to give them that.

 

My contention is that with a great deal of charity you might consider what they are saying as a very slim possibility at best, if you are a real standard-model particle enthusiast -- which of course I am not. Everyone that understands religion like people that hang out here, can understand what BS is.  Although religion is 100% BS, so is some of modern-day science IMHO.