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Interesting! But these aren't the first sounds I've heard from the LHC. They're at least predated by this: http://lhc-collimation-project.web.cern.ch/lhc-colli
by adam_d 11y ago
Interesting! But these aren't the first sounds I've heard from the LHC. They're at least predated by this:
http://lhc-collimation-project.web.cern.ch/lhc-collimation-project/sounds_and_movies.php http://lhc-collimation-project.web.cern.ch/lhc-collimation-p...
These are recordings of the noise made when a beam is thrown away at the end of a run. They're fairly terrifying...
- alxndr 11y agoHoly cow, doesn't sound comfortable to be near. (More about a collimator is: http://www.lhcportal.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=459 http://www.lhcportal.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=459 )
- Turing_Machine 11y agoYeah, I guess. Unless I messed up the calculations, the four batch impact is carrying about 2 million joules.