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Physicists in England claim they have discovered how to create matter from light, by smashing together individual massless photons– a feat that was first theorized back in 1934, and has been considered practically impossible until now. If this new discovery pans out, the final piece of the physics jigsaw puzzle that describes how light and matter interact would be complete. No one’s quite sure of the repercussions if matter can indeed be produced from photon-photon collision, but I’m sure something awesomely scientific will emerge before long.

Way back in 1930, British theoretical physicist Paul Dirac theorized that an electron and its antimatter counterpart (a positron) could be annihilated (combined) to produce two photons. Then, in 1934, two physicists — Breit and Wheeler — proposed that the opposite should also be true: That two photons could be smashed together to produce an electron and positron (a Breit-Wheeler pair). In other words, that light can be converted into matter, and vice versa — or, to phrase it another way, E=mc2 works in both directions. This would close one of the last gaps in particle physics that has been theorized, but has proven very hard to prove through observation.

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The reason it’s proven hard to observe is that photons, a lot like neutrinos or electrons, are incredibly small. Furthermore, photons are massless. These two factors make it very, very hard to collide two photons together. Basically, the only real way of guaranteeing any collisions is to pump some beams of photons up to massive energy levels (think billions of times more energetic than normal visible light), inject them into a small space, and then hope that a few Breit-Wheeler pairs are created.

That is essentially the crux of this new discovery: Steven Rose and Oliver Pike of Imperial College London have come up with a way of getting the photons up to the necessary energy levels to guarantee some collisions. They propose the use of a high-powered laser, which would then slam into a slab of gold, producing a high-intensity gamma ray (photons). Then, further down the line you would have a gold hohlraum (literally hollow space), also excited by a laser to produce a big, fat field of photons. You then smash the gamma ray into the hohlraum (pictured at the top of the story) and, according to Rose and Pike, you get some electrons and positrons flying out the other end. Voila: Proof that Breit and Wheeler knew what they were talking about. [doi:10.1038/nphoton.2014.95 - "A photon–photon collider in a vacuum hohlraum"]

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In nature, photon-photon collisions are thought to occur during gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). GRBs are the most violent explosions that our universe can produce — that we’ve discovered, anyway — and they occur vary rarely, usually during a super or hypernova. A nearby GRB would probably wipe out most of the life on Earth. Perhaps more importantly, though, it’s believed that the Big Bang itself — during the first 100 seconds or so of the creation of the universe — would’ve also played host to these photon-photon collisions. We desperately want to find out more about the universe’s first few seconds, and recreating some of those primordial processes here on Earth is one of the best ways of doing just that.

For now, this discovery is purely theoretical — but Rose and Pike say that there are plenty of laboratories around the world that have the equipment to perform photon-photon collisions. High-power lasers are ten a penny nowadays, and hohlraums are usually used in fusion experiments. “The race to carry out and complete the experiment is on,” Pike says.

Source: ExtremeTech

 

Interestingly this provides further credence to the idea of the Big Bang because it is postulated that there was a tiny fraction of a moment where there was no mass and then suddenly there was. Perhaps this happened on a much larger scale than this experiment, a macrocosm if you will.

 

I'm pissed off with the scientific community at the moment

I love science, but i'm saying this....until 9/11 is acknowledged as a controlled demolition by the scientists, they all go and fuck themselves for being full of shit as far as i'm concerned

 

Why is the whole of science responsible for that? Scientists have differing views on this matter and there are many many variables.

kearnsy I will quote Carl Sagan on that one:

 

It's the ignorance of the community as a whole that winds me up

Science is supposed to be about how things work, if they're all going to blindly stand by keeping their mouths shut and ignoring the science of 9/11 then i don't know what else i can say, except, they're all full of shit if they fail to acknowledge the obvious

 

The Big Bang!

First there was nothing......

Then nothing got together......

Exploded......

And......

Created EVERYTHING!!!

Another "missing link".

No less a belief system than mine.

 

Catalyst I really admire your work, here and at audioz.

My thought's on this subject. I think at this present moment, we have other problems than to worry about where it began? I think "How can we prevent it ending" really ought to be the subject for science to work on. We need a bit more of "the science of love".

 

I believe in BEER

and worship the magical powers of yeast

 

They use Something (Not nothing) Only GOD Can create Things out of nothing , they just trying to figure out how GOD did it

PS : if they even succeed on creating another Big Bang (Who's gonna survive it To tell about it) LOL

 

Yeah almost exactly the same except one is built on rigorous experimentation and facts and another is built on superstitions people believe in because they wish to recapture the wonder of youth and they can't face the indifferent nature of reality.

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence...prove that God is not simply a defense mechanism that humans use because they can't face reality. This is an experiment on a subatomic level, they're not trying to recreate the big bang on the same scale.

 

It seems simple enough, Steven Rose and Oliver Pike are doing just what R2R do, reverse to revolutionize, see how it works and manufacture a keygen so that we all can enjoy creation, as it really is too expensive an idea for everyone to get their minds around.

 

Thanks a lot man, that means a lot to me. I completely agree with you and my work here has been just as much that as anything. I don't have much hope for us though and we don't have much time still I do my part. But hey no worries I'm sure god will come sailing down on magical moonbeams to save us from this twisted circus that he supposedly created to entertain himself because he loves us so much (I couldn't make this stuff up).

 

So IF u Claim That GOD Didn't create This Universe Then Who Did It's Seems That You Have The All Knowledge About This Huge Universe Please Answer (I'M Curious)

 

We don't have all the knowledge but we're the only ones willing to admit that. Religion is the one that makes ridiculous claims based on no evidence not science. Science is self-corrective, if new information presents itself we will reassess our beliefs. Will you? Since science is in a state of permanent revolution (ever changing), the best it can give us is a close approximation to reality.

 

This universe Is Energy itself & Humans Also Energy since The Most Of Our Bodies are Water (Water Is Energy Too)
GOD IS The Source Of This Energy (IF NOT GOD WHO DID IT , IT WILL BE CHAOS IN THE UNIVERSE)
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE ENERGY OF THIS UNIVERSE WORKING ON IT'S OWN)
If IT DOES IT WILL BE AWARE oF ITSELF like Us Humans
AND WE BOTH KNOW THAT IN THIS UNIVERSE, IF EACH Fraction of ENERGY HAS THAT(SELF AWARE) This Universe Will never Survive Another Day

PS : That's Why GOD is the MASTERMIND of This MASTER PIECE

Give Me Something Tell Me What You Believe Is Driving This Universe

 

It is easy... turn on something (ie lamps, TV, Hi-Fi, PC, cars) and tons of CO2 fills the atmosphere...

 

If u Notice That I'M Asking & Talking About The Universe : The Question Is : Not (How Or When) But , This Universe : Why Is It In Order (Without CHAOS) & Who's The Responsible Of This Order Of Energy (This Universe Without Disorder)

PS : If U PUT THE COIN UNDER MICROSCOPE YOU WILL SEE ENERGY IS MOVING , THIS UNIVERSE IS MOVING IN A HUGE WAY

Explain to me in Science ( I LOVE To Talk About Science & Technology) Even I'M In Middle Of Writing New Scientific Screenplay About Mystery In Our Lives

 

@ sirsillysausage
"and worship the magical powers of yeast"

hahaha, Yes, the yeast has a very cunning plan

 

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"In the beginning the Universe was created.
This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move."

“There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable.
There is another theory which states that this has already happened.”

“Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?”

“Nothing travels faster than the speed of light, with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws.”

“Reality is frequently inaccurate.”

“Don't Panic.”

 

Our existence on the earth is just the conclusion of an accident just like many other Planets we don't know. We are not alone. But I think there Exists an intelligent in a Dimension and form we can't even imagine.

The people who believe in god should not think that these scientific researches would be a Threat of God's Existence.