seen. In my book I tell about ways we might determine if another dimension exists in reality and how it can be hidden.
If we can’ t see these hidden universes, how can we prove that they exist?
M. M.
L. R.
If they exist, particles can travel in an extra dimension. That would make it look to us like there are particles with interactions like the ones we know but that appear to us as heavy particles. The reason for that is that they carry momentum in another dimension. We don’ t see that dimension so the momentum appears to us as mass.
I know that you and your colleagues pointed to the Large Hadron Collider with the hope of detecting particles with prints from other dimensions. Have you already found the evidence or are you waiting for the LHC to increase its energy?
M. M.
L. R.
We are waiting for the LHC to increase its energy.
Will it be enough energy?
M. M.
L. R.
If we are lucky it will be— it’ s certainly a possibility. But I do fear that the energy might be too low. The Superconducting Supercollider that was proposed in the U. S. and was even started to be built would have had almost three times the energy and would have been a better machine for this purpose.
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seen. In my book I tell about ways we might determine if another dimension exists in reality and how it can be hidden.
If we can’ t see these hidden universes, how can we prove that they exist?
M. M.
L. R.
If they exist, particles can travel in an extra dimension. That would make it look to us like there are particles with interactions like the ones we know but that appear to us as heavy particles. The reason for that is that they carry momentum in another dimension. We don’ t see that dimension so the momentum appears to us as mass.
I know that you and your colleagues pointed to the Large Hadron Collider with the hope of detecting particles with prints from other dimensions. Have you already found the evidence or are you waiting for the LHC to increase its energy?
M. M.
L. R.
We are waiting for the LHC to increase its energy.
Will it be enough energy?
M. M.
L. R.
If we are lucky it will be— it’ s certainly a possibility. But I do fear that the energy might be too low. The Superconducting Supercollider that was proposed in the U. S. and was even started to be built would have had almost three times the energy and would have been a better machine for this purpose.