Episode 4 "The Hadron Collider"
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Does the 'God particle" exist? Nobody has ever seen the God particle; some say it doesn't exist but, in the ultimate leap of faith, physicists across the world are preparing to build one of the most ambitious and expensive science experiments the world has ever seen to try to find it." Physicists have restarted their scientific experiments in the $10 billion Large Hadron Collider located at the Swiss-French border. This project involves more than 8,000 scientists from at least 85 countries. Scientists now want the LHC or Large Hadron Collider to create what they consider to be Big Bang conditions. For the next 18 months to two years the LHC will be pound atoms against each other and analyzing the results through powerful computers in order to catch a glimpse at the very stuff that makes up the universe. Physicists hope the collider will enable them to directly observe the Higgs boson, the theoretical glue that holds the entire universe together. The Higgs boson, often called the God particle, is perhaps the most elusive element in particle physics. "They call it the God particle: a mysterious sub-atomic fragment that permeates the entire universe and explains how everything is the way it is. Join our panel as we discuss the Hadron Collider and what drives us all to push the boundaries of our understanding of the universe.
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