Posted Feb 01, 2008 at 02:41PM by Isaac C. Listed in: Physics Tags: particle accelerator, Large Hadron Collider, University of Wisconsin
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The Large Hadron Collider, a particle accelerator in Geneva, Switzerland - Image 1


We only have five senses available to us, and with those senses we experience time and the three dimensions of space. However, a theory in physics believes that there are seven more dimensions we don't experience in our everyday lives.

According to researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, signatures left behind by a new class of particles could reveal the "shapes" of these extra dimensions that were predicted by String Theory, an approach to theoretical physics.

Gary Shiu, the lead author of the paper stating this theory, states that the shape of these extra dimensions we can't detect determines the properties and behavior of the timespace dimensions that we do experience:

The shape of the dimensions is crucial because, in string theory, the way the string vibrates determines the pattern of particle masses and the forces that we feel.


Scientists hope that research with the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland will reveal the shapes of these particles. The Large Hadron Collider is the world's most powerful particle accelerator and is gearing up to start later this year.


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