Hadron Collider detects quark gluon plasma present at the big bang

[Elmore Furth]

Being able to confirm the initial state of the universe confirms some of the theories about the big bang.

A phase of matter created moments after the Big Bang is thought to have been detected at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland.

"Striking" evidence of a quark-gluon plasma has been observed by a team of researchers, including Canadians, at the facility near Geneva, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) announced Friday.

Quarks and gluons are very tiny particles that combine into larger particles called protons. Those in turn combine with electrons to form atoms in the world we know today. However, during the initial moments of the Big Bang, this hadn't yet happened. The temperature was likely 100,000 to a million times what it was at the centre of the sun, and quarks moved freely in a "soup" called a plasma. Physicists hypothesize that as the universe cooled, small groups of quarks separated into individual protons, and as it cooled further, small groups of protons combined with electrons to form individual atoms.



Hadron Collider detects 'Big Bang' matter

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1. Unrec...n/t

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2. ?

[TheWraith]

3. What the fuck is that about? nt

[GreenPartyVoter]

5. Must be anti-science.

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6. sorry forgot the sarcasm thingy

just messing around

[GreenPartyVoter]

7. It's all good. :^)

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4. I knew it.