An iterated search for influence from the future on the Large Hadron Collider

dc.creatorStewart, Iain
dc.date2007-12-05
dc.date2007-12-15
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T08:49:06Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T08:49:06Z
dc.descriptionWe analyse an iterated version of Nielsen and Ninomiya (N&N)'s proposed card game experiment to search for a specific type of backward causation on the running of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN. We distinguish "endogenous" and "exogenous" potential causes of failure of LHC and we discover a curious "cross-talk" between their respective probabilities and occurrence timescales when N&N-style backward causation is in effect. Finally, we note a kind of "statistical cosmic censorship" preventing the influence from the future from showing up in a statistical analysis of the iterated runs.
dc.description18 pages, minor changes (mainly tracking N&N's title/notation changes etc. in their latest revision of arXiv:0707.1919)
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0712.0715
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0712.0715
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/144181
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.titleAn iterated search for influence from the future on the Large Hadron Collider
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