What is Cerns Big Bang project?
As of August 2008, the world’s biggest particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), will begin hurling subatomic particles, called protons, around a 27km circular tunnel running beneath the Swiss-French border, before crashing them into each other. By recreating the universe’s Big Bang, particle physicists hope to learn more about the physical universe. For example, scientists believe they will learn more about the actual mass of particles, and about the nature of dark matter, and whether there are 26 dimensions, or just 12. The ‘Big Bang’ project is an international initiative that will involve more than 2,000 physicists from 150 research institutions in more than 30 countries.
