LHC rebounds from baguette attack; sends beam around half the ring
November 9, 2009 | 12:06 pm
Splash event in the CMS detector.
In a triumph for technology over toast, the LHC was back in top shape this weekend following last week’s baguette-caused interruption to the cooling of two sectors. CERN reports that proton beams were sent halfway around the LHC in the counterclockwise direction, arriving at the doorstep of the CMS experiment on Saturday evening for the first time since last September. The CMS e-commentary has more photos and images of “splash” events in the CMS detector.
And in another piece of good news for the LHC, last week scientists at CERN celebrated the successful completion of the accelerator’s new Quench Protection System. The system, which includes more than 6000 new detectors, is designed to protect the LHC from another failure of the type that occurred last September.
Katie Yurkewicz
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6 Comments »
November 9th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
please tell me, when you are going to find dthe extradimensions, the HIGGS and such particles delivering electric charge
November 9th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
or kaluza klein particles
November 9th, 2009 at 4:14 pm
or a physician who can build an multi-billion euro device that doesn’t stall if you throw breadcrumbs at it.
November 9th, 2009 at 6:00 pm
Are we going backwards in time yet?
November 10th, 2009 at 4:16 am
nobody we are going forwards towards the future. ‘Something we all know about the future: it is the place we all die’
November 10th, 2009 at 7:50 am
Lolz @noodles
and Roland Dude ! Just calm down!…..
I’m very skeptic about success this time
Just keeping my fingers crossed