What is the purpose of the Large Hadron Collider being tested in Geneva?

Answer 1

try this site- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7567926.stm Basically there are a number of anomalies and unsatisfactory answers in our present knowledge of matter and the beginnings of the universe. Scientists will be looking for 1)the elusive Higgs-boson which will explain why particles have mass,2) the missing anti-matter in the universe (on the assumption that equal amounts were 'created' in the Big Bang, 3) superparticles- squarks, selectrons etc predicted in some theories,4) multi-dimensional theories which have been floating around for decades and presumably 5) any other interesting lines that emerge.

Answer 2

The main use of the hadron collider is to collide protons or lead ion together. These particles are said to be moving at 99.999999% speed of light. This is done to test high energy physic theories. One of the well known theories being tested is the Higgs Boson.

Answer 3

The primary purpose of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is to prove or disprove the existence of the Higgs Boson particle. This particle's field explains the origin of mass in the universe. Although the mathematics show that this particle exists, it has yet to be verified experimentally.

Answer 4

They are just creating the time space fabric, just after the big band.It helps them to study the dark matter and Heavy particle(called weakinteracting particles)

from CERN

he Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is a gigantic scientific instrument near Geneva, where it spans the border between Switzerland and France about 100 m underground. It is a particle accelerator used by physicists to study the smallest known particles - the fundamental building blocks of all things. It will revolutionise our understanding, from the minuscule world deep within atoms to the vastness of the Universe.

Two beams of subatomic particles called 'hadrons' - either protons or lead ions - will travel in opposite directions inside the circular accelerator, gaining energy with every lap. Physicists will use the LHC to recreate the conditions just after the Big Bang, by colliding the two beams head-on at very high energy. Teams of physicists from around the world will analyse the particles created in the collisions using special detectors in a number of experiments dedicated to the LHC.

There are many theories as to what will result from these collisions, but what's for sure is that a brave new world of physics will emerge from the new accelerator, as knowledge in particle physics goes on to describe the workings of the Universe. For decades, the Standard Model of particle physics has served physicists well as a means of understanding the fundamental laws of Nature, but it does not tell the whole story. Only experimental data using the higher energies reached by the LHC can push knowledge forward, challenging those who seek confirmation of established knowledge, and those who dare to dream beyond the paradigm.

Answer 5

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) was made primarily to prove or disprove the existence of the Higgs Boson particle.

Answer 6

It will mainly collide protons (a type of hadrons), but collision of large atomic nuclei are also foreseen.

Answer 7

A multitude of things including the theoretical Higgs Boson particle