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[Mr. TOP SECRET]

by Miranda Marqui
PHYSORG

 For the Christmas holiday, the Large Hadron Collider at CERN was shut down for a break and for a little technical tinkering. But next week, the hope is that the LHC will start up again around the 25 of February.

The Large Hadron Collider is used in experiments involving smashing particles together at high speeds. Just before the Christmas break, the LHC had sent particles careening into each other and resulting in energies
not seen before. The hope later this year is to gradually get the LHC to the goal of 7 TeV, smashing the previous record. The collider is built for collisions resulting in 14 TeV, but that level probably won't be reached anytime in the immediate future.

Just reaching 7 TeV will take some time. Scientists plan to rev up the LHC slowly, starting initial beams at that produce relatively low energies of around 900 GeV at collision. CERN honchos want to avoid a situation similar to the explosion that marred the LHC's initial run in 2008. The hope is that a gradual warm up for the LHC will ensure that everything is in working order as CERN races the Tevatron in the U.S. to be the first to pinpoint the elusive Higgs boson.

The LHC is expected to help solve some mysteries in particle physics, as well as possibly provide information about other dimensions and further insight into the origins of the universe.


http://www.physorg.com/news185809165.html

[lashmar]

This thing seems to spend more time offline than it does actually working.

[sheye]

 I don't know MTS,it smacks of science playing with the unknown,in order that they may understand things of nature,with the idea of manipulating the results,for their own purposes.

when is enough knowledge enough knowledge?

As science grows in all it fields, we as humans, are being exposed to the "side effects" of this technology, whether we want to or not.

Geez..I love computers,but I often wonder though it is healthy for my brain(I think so anyhow), what are the effects of sitting,and staring at moniters too long,being around that kind of energy field day in and day out, has to be harmful in some ways.


Just my thoughts for now, for what they are worth, just got up not too long ago,(weird dreams..)..am really tring not to smoke too much, my lungs hurt a lot theses dayz....and I'm feelin a lil weepy,and outa sorts