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SECOND (FINAL) DRAFT Cecil Munsey, PhD Date: July 2012 13541 Willow Run Road Words: 777 Poway, CA (USA) Photos / Illus: 9 Rights: First Serial Only Phone: 858-487-7036 Price: Open e-mail: cecilmunsey@cox.net Periodical: Open Website Article: No. 1287 Category: History

HEINEKEN and the “God Particle”

Researched, illuminated, and presented by

Cecil Munsey, PhD Copyright© 2012

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Sixty articles ago (January 2009) I produced a well-received piece entitled

“World Bottle (WOBO)” – ʻA glass brick that holds beerʼ. WOBO bottles were

made by Heniken; they are recyclable bottles that can be used as bricks to build

walls and the like (Fig. 1). During construction of the Collider, two of the glass-

brick-bottles were accidentally wedged into the beam pipes of the LHC – an act of

accidental or deliberate sabotage? The culprit(s) were never found.

(Fig. 1. Heinekin's WOBO)

The article [CecilMunsey.com #1226] in part, dealt with the development of the “Large Hadron Collider” (LHC). In order to fully appreciate this current article [CecilMunsey.com #1287] it is suggested that you go to the website and take the time to review the original article, which will provide the best background for appreciating and understanding this current article.

BACKGROUND: In September 2008 the LHC (Large Hadron Collider –

worldʼs largest atom smasher) was completed after three decades of planning and

building under the Swiss-French border where scientists have been firing two beams

of protons in opposite directions around a 17-mile underground ring in the tunnel

located under the Swiss and French border near Geneva, Switzerland (Figs. 2; 3;

and 4). Scientists of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (called

CERN by the French) aim to create conditions a split second after the supposed “big

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bang,” which scientists theorize was the massive explosion that created the

universe.

(Fig. 2. Large Hadron Collider)

(Fig. 3. LHC [photo V. Mezzanotti])

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(Fig. 4. Inside LHC)

The colliderʼs function is to allow for the capture, study, and photographing of

a new subatomic particle called Higgs boson, or “God particle” (Fig. 5), which will

help explain why all matter has mass.

(Fig. 5. GOD particle pictured by CERN via AP)

THE DISCOVERY: The Fourth of July 2012 was celebrated not only with the

usual fanfare – parades, barbecues, and fireworks – but also with the announcement

of the discovery of long-sought-after new sub-atomic particle dubbed the Higgs

boson or the “God particle.” The idea of the Higgs, or something like it, had been

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around since 1964 when it was first hypothesized by UK theoretical physicist Peter

Higgs (Fig. 6).

(Fig. 6. GOD particle pictured by CERN via AP)

In an interview with the BBC, the worldʼs most famous physicist, Stephen

Hawking (Fig. 7) said he had placed a wager with another scientist that the Higgs

boson would never be found. “It seems I have just lost $100,” he said upon

notification recently of the historic discovery.

(Fig. 7. Most famous physicist, Stephen Hawking)

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Political cartoonists far and wide acknowledged the recent discovery. Of the

half a dozen or so Iʼve noted one of my favorite is the one that appeared in the

Ottawa Citizen newspaper (Fig. 8).

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