2006-08-01 13:16:51 · 12 answers · asked by julius p 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
Hi Juliusp
Yes, you can do big bang related experiments. Like all current scientific theories, the big bang is well supported experimentally.
One experiment you could possibly perform yourself is to detect the cosmic microwave background radiation (cmbr) left over from the big bang. The cmbr peaks in the microwave region of the e/m spectrum, so all you need is a detector capable of receiving microwave radiation. Two everyday examples that spring to mind are: television and mobile phones.
Do some research on the cmbr spectrum to find the peak of the spectrum. Tune your television to a frequency near as possible to the peak, but well away from any broadcast frequencies. You will (naturally) see a lot of white noise. A good deal of this white noise will be wash from terrestrial microwave sources (phone towers, antennae, etc etc), but a small portion of it will be cmbr photons. If you go out of the city into a remote area your ratio of cmbr to terrestrial source will increase. :o)
Btw Penzias and Wilson won a Nobel prize for performing a similar experiment (with a microwave telescope rather than a tv set!) in the 60s. Since then space-borne experiments have the cmbr sky in detail. It is one of the strongest experimental supports for big bang theory.
Hope this helps!
The Chicken
2006-08-01 14:00:31 · answer #1 · answered by Magic Chicken 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes
You just need a few kilometres of particle accelerator, like CERN, a few willing sub-atomic particles that are going to go relative speeds to that of light and ask them politely if they would like to colide, coalesse and then colapse into rare exotic thundamental particles like quarks called up, down, top, botton, strange and weird. Seriously!
2006-08-05 10:59:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is. You will need..
10 large tins of beans.
20 large onions
3 tins of stewed prunes
1 cork
1 spoon
2006-08-01 13:26:47 · answer #3 · answered by Sea G 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
one burnt out star and some water then leave to cool for 10000 years (dont forget to turn halfway through for even surfaces
2006-08-01 13:27:42 · answer #4 · answered by nibbler 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i usually find that some lavender oil and a glass of chardonay and dimmed lighting works !
OH .. 'THE' Big Bang ... i thought you meant .. ohhhh doesnt matter !
2006-08-01 13:30:28 · answer #5 · answered by snooky me! 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need big and bang lol.
2006-08-02 11:01:58 · answer #6 · answered by john d 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe you will require one particle accelerator (the longer the better), one particle of matter and one particle of antimatter.
2006-08-02 03:44:14 · answer #7 · answered by greebo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what age are you...? 7
2006-08-01 14:31:51 · answer #8 · answered by Deborah Mc 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think so... take one fresh, medium sized theoretical particle...
2006-08-01 13:27:11 · answer #9 · answered by kittybriton 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope, its a theory... it cannot be proven
2006-08-01 13:21:20 · answer #10 · answered by the nothing 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋