Big Bang experiment makes Barodians panicky

Devanshi Joshi. Vadodara/DNA
Wednesday, September 10, 2008

The news given by the citys planetarium about the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) experiment on Tuesday sparked apprehension among Barodians who were worried over its ramifications. Conceived by European nuclear research centre, CERN, the impending experiment is poised to potentially eliminate the question mark surrounding the existence and origin of the universe, which has long persisted in the annals of human history.People were involved in discussing the results of the experiment, with many depicting a doomsday scenario, implying the end of the world. DD Purohit, additional assistant engineer of Sardar Patel planetarium, Vadodara, said, “We have been getting several queries from anxious people about the news of the LHC experiment. I would like to emphasise that no big consequence will arise from it, as the experiment is being conducted under a very controlled and safe environment with higher safety levels.”“Black holes, which have the potential to destroy the earth, will not occur from this experiment, as it will be of very low intensity and would not have that sort of heat and gravity power,” added Purohit.Mukesh Pathak, chief education officer of Gujarat Nature Conservation Society, said, “Whats for sure is that a brave new world of physics will emerge from this 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, but it does not tell the whole story. Only experimental data using the higher energies can push knowledge forward, challenging those who dare to dream beyond the paradigm.To understand the Big Bang theory, the giant machine (particle accelerator) has been created by 8,000 scientists from 85 countries to solve the inscrutability of the evolution of the universe. The length of the machine is 27 km, spanning the border between Switzerland and France about 100 m underground.