September 19, 2008

LHC problems

Writing about web page http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7626256.stm

aanother problem strikes LHC. this time supercooled magnets failed. some liquid helium leaked into the tunnel. it might take a while for liquidating the fault. engineers will take the whole of weekend to evaluate all the damage.
i am not sure how many faults will it undergo but we might not see the first trial collisions for weeks, rather than days

“Physicists have a tradition: every 16 billion years they get together and fire up Large Hadron Collider…”

:)


: 19 Sep 2008 22:28 |  Tags:   |  Comments (1) |  Trackbacks (2) |  Report a problem

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  1. neil mcewan

    this isnt going to work is it

    24 Sep 2008, 14:16

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  1. well...

    it does not come as a surprise (i hope) the fact that LHC will be out of use for months to come. you know, when your computer goes down, one might think:” this is going to cost me.” so, if you have such...

     The PhySoc Blog  - 20 Sep 2008, 13:15

  2. winter...balls...

    these long couple of weeks for scientists at LHC. unfortunately they have to stop rescue work as the winter period is getting closer. this closure is due to the increased electricity demand during winter. it would ...

     The PhySoc Blog  - 23 Sep 2008, 22:36

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