The Large Hadron Collider is the world's biggest scientific instrument
Large Hadron Collider deemed safe
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24 Jun 2008, Iain Thomson , V3
Fears that the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will destroy the planet when it starts up later this year are unfounded, according to a new study.
Cern's LHC will smash particles together in an effort to discover the building blocks of all matter.
But the LHC has been hit by a lawsuit from Walter Wagner, a former nuclear safety officer, who fears that the experiments could create a black hole that would destroy the planet from within.
However, two scientists have filed a paper (PDF) in which they claim to show that such an event is not possible, since the LHC will only mimic certain actions in nature.
"This study finds no basis for concerns that TeV-scale black holes from the LHC could pose a risk to Earth on timescales shorter than the Earth's natural lifetime," said Steven B. Giddings and Michelangelo M. Mangano, authors of the study.
"Indeed, conservative arguments based on detailed calculations and the best-available scientific knowledge, including solid astronomical data, conclude that there is no risk of any significance from such black holes."
The LHC is the world's largest scientific instrument. It has a diameter of 27 kilometres, and runs under the French-Swiss border.
The machine has taken over 20 years to build and is supported by some of the most sophisticated data processing and storage systems on earth.
Scientists hope that the experiments will finally provide proof of the Higgs boson particle, which could explain why atoms have mass.
However, others fear more unpredictable results, such as the formation of a black hole or even time travel.
To counter these fears Cern commissioned an independent panel to examine the possibilities of things going wrong. The panel, including a Nobel Laureate, concluded that there was no danger.
"It was right for the director general of Cern to commission a formal assessment of safety issues, examining even the most unlikely of scenarios," said council president Torsten Åkesson.
"This new report concludes that there is no basis for any concern, a position endorsed by the 20 independent experts who form the Scientific Policy Committee. "
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Good News... I think?
Good news, CERN's SPC Committee validates CERNs safety report that deems the LHC Collider safe!... with one small disclaimer:
"... but this argument relies on properties of cosmic rays and neutrinos that, while highly plausible, do require confirmation, as can be expected in the coming years."
If the "required confirmation" can be expected in the coming years, and the Large Hadron Collider is scheduled to begin collisions in the coming months, then could Dr. Otto E. Rossler's math still be correct? Dr. Otto Rossler writes:
"...after 50 months the earth to a centimeter would have shrunk. It would be nothing more there, not only no more life, there but also the earth would be... a small black hole.
I can imagine Evel Knievel telling a co-pilot about to jump the Snake River Canyon with him, I can't tell you there is no risk, but I assure you that it is perfectly safe.
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Posted by JTankers, 24 Jun 2008
the real fear factors
the thing is due to cause a black hole, but this is proper from this project, the maginifiency of contain the waves radiation from the power emission, i sugerred to the researcher to study the capacity of wall contaignability of shock waves radiation resistance.
Posted by arun baalsingham, 24 Jun 2008
We all make mistakes!
What if they are wrong?
Would not matter anyway, if they are, it will be too late!
Hello end of the world. Possibly!
Posted by Alex Roe, 24 Jun 2008
This is the End
The thing is..this is NOT similar to collisions between cosmic rays and Earth. Those collision do NOT create Black Holes. So, you don't know what a Micro Black Hole can do. If Hawking radiation does Not exist (and problably not), the Black Holes, even if small, DONT EVAPORATE, so thats the end for all of us. Period.
Posted by Albert Einstein, 26 Jun 2008
Where is your back bone?
No Guts, No Glory! Onwards and upwards in the tree of knowlege
Posted by Ed, 27 Jun 2008