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Given that the LHC is literally the most complex piece of machinery and electronics ever constructed by man, having beams properly travelling throughout the sys
by jameskilton 17y ago
Given that the LHC is literally the most complex piece of machinery and electronics ever constructed by man, having beams properly travelling throughout the system without problems is an amazing feat in and of itself. I fully expect more break-downs, but here's to a successful first full collision in the next few months!
- martincmartin 17y ago> having beams properly travelling It's certainly an achievement to be celebrated, but the beams are more like limping along: "CERN’s director, Rolf Heuer, said in a statement, 'It’s great to see beam circulating in the LHC again,' but he and others cautioned that there was a long way to go before the collider started producing the physics it was designed for. "When the collider begins to do real physics next year, it will run at half its original design energy, with protons of 3.5 trillion electron volts. The energy will be increased gradually during the year, but it could be years, physicists say, before the machine reaches its full potential." The machine will "soon" be at a level slightly above the Tevatron.