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We are living in exciting times where religion metaphysics and hard science seem to be coalescing if only around the edges. I enjoy studying and reading about quantum mechanics and high energy particle physics because I think that ultimately we will find God in the quantum world. CERN in Europe houses the biggest ‘atom smasher’ in the world where particles smaller than a atom are accelerated to near light speed (about 186, 000 miles per second!) and smashed head on into each other to break them open like tiny eggs. Then, after this incredibly violent but tiny explosion we can determine what these small particles are made of. There is a new instrument (the LHC or the large Hadron Collider) nearing completion this year 2008. will take us to the realm of the tera­scale. When the first two particles smash together it will be with a energy of around a trillion electron volts, or one tera-electron-volt. Incredible! Our understanding of the atom has progress well beyond the standard model with electrons ‘spinning’ around a nucleus made of protons and neutrons. Now in the center we have all sorts of particles, a ghostly zoo with gluons, and different ‘species’ of bosons, quarks, etc. But we are lacking one particle, the holy grail of particle physics and a piece of the particle puzzle that may complete it. Its called the Higgs particle AKA the God particle, it’s a heavy Boson that is needed to vindicate string theory and complete our current zoo of exotic nano scale critters. Anyway I took artistic license and acted as a CSI profiler a art wanted private eye or detective and rendered a wanted poster of the HIGGS Boson. If you happen to see this guy call the nearest high energy particle lab. Don’t try to catch it its can move at nearly light speed, but its not armed and not dangerous, unless some evil idiotic government decides to make a bomb out of it !

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Chris Roukema 16 Feb 2008

Great Work, Greg!

Delores Knowles 16 Feb 2008

Stunning image and very, very interesting writeup.

Artist Reply: Thanks Delores, I wish I could learn to minimize and/or sound byte my writing, but thanks for the kind words.

Joanna Jungjohann 16 Feb 2008

well done, greg

Artist Reply: Hey! Where have you been? Thanks Joanna!