In a preface to his new book, the famous physicist Stephen Hawking appears to be afraid that the boson Higgs can become unstable causing a total disaster in the universe.
Ο Stephen Hawking he has warned us from time to time of various evils that may befall us. Earth-destroying alien attack, intelligent machines with artificial intelligence could repeat the Terminator scenario. But the formeralerts it seems to him that they don't just stop at earth level, since according to what he perceives, a threat could not only bring an end to Earth, but also to the entire Universe.
As reported by the British newspaper Sunday Times, Hawking is concerned about the God particle or Higgs Boson. You already know the Higgs boson, discovered by physicists in duration of his experiments CERN. It is a vital component that can explain why things in our world have mass.
Stephen Hawking, in a foreword to a new book called "Starmus" - a collection of lectures by famous scientists and astronomers - states that he is concerned that the Higgs boson may become unstable.
"The Higgs potential has a worrying characteristic that could become unstable at energies over 100 billion gigaelectronvolts (GeV)."
What could this bring? Hawkins explained: "This could mean that the universe could suffer a catastrophic vacuum, like a bubble of real vacuum expanding at the speed of light. This could happen at any time and we would not see it coming." .
Before preparing your loved ones for the evacuation of the planet, Hawking also gives a positive message, with an ironic smile: "A particle accelerator that reaches 100 billion GeV will be larger than the Earth, and is unlikely to be funded with existing economic conditions".
An alien attack that will destroy the earth,
Hawking himself accepts that there are no aliens within 100 light years. If they existed our technology would have detected them. But if there is their presence on earth, it is not necessary for them to disturb us, on the contrary, they should cooperate with us. Their technology to get this far would be better than ours. Why else would they make such a long journey.