“There is nothing new to be discovered in physics now. All that remains is more and more precise measurement.” –Lord Kelvin
When Kelvin said that over 100 years ago, he was talking about how Newtonian gravity and Maxwell’s electromagnetism seemed to account for all the known phenomena in the Universe. Of course, nuclear physics, quantum mechanics, general relativity and more made that prediction look silly in hindsight.
Image credit: E. Siegel.
But in the 21st century, the physics of the Standard Model describes our Universe so well that there truly may be nothing else new to find not only at the LHC, but at any high-energy particle collider we could build here on Earth.
Image credit: ILC collaboration.
Come read why the LHC may well be the very end of experimental particle physics.
from ScienceBlogs http://ift.tt/1VQSmnA
“There is nothing new to be discovered in physics now. All that remains is more and more precise measurement.” –Lord Kelvin
When Kelvin said that over 100 years ago, he was talking about how Newtonian gravity and Maxwell’s electromagnetism seemed to account for all the known phenomena in the Universe. Of course, nuclear physics, quantum mechanics, general relativity and more made that prediction look silly in hindsight.
Image credit: E. Siegel.
But in the 21st century, the physics of the Standard Model describes our Universe so well that there truly may be nothing else new to find not only at the LHC, but at any high-energy particle collider we could build here on Earth.
Image credit: ILC collaboration.
Come read why the LHC may well be the very end of experimental particle physics.
from ScienceBlogs http://ift.tt/1VQSmnA
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