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walbold walbold
 
December 22, 2008 09:26 AM

What ever happened to that hadron collider?

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joao.rei joao.rei
 
 December 22, 2008 09:36 AM
They had a slight glitch and had to fix it.

http://cdsweb.cern.ch/journal/article?name=CERNBulletin&issue=50/2008&number=3&category=News%20Articles&ln=en

It is expected to be up and running again by Summer 2009 (not as easy as changing tires on a F1 car :)
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http://cdsweb.cern.ch/journal/article?name=CERNBulletin&issue=50/2008&a...



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sandaru1 sandaru1
 
December 22, 2008 10:07 AM
From wikipedia(look at the wiki page for citations) :

Problems with a magnet quench on 19 September 2008 caused a leak of six tonnes of liquid helium, and delayed the operation for several months.[48] The LHC is expected to be restarted in summer 2009.[8][9] It is currently believed that a faulty electrical connection between two magnets ignited a spark, which compromised the liquid-helium cooling. Once the cooling layer was broken, the helium flooded the surrounding vacuum layer with sufficient force to break 10-ton magnets from their mountings. The explosion also contaminated the proton tubes with soot.[9][49]
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jonathanro... jonathanro...
 
December 22, 2008 11:53 PM
In terms of quantum and schroedinger's cat until you asked about it ... it didn't exist lol

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mrgunn mrgunn
 
December 23, 2008 01:01 AM
Here's a page where you may get status updates. http://hasthelargehadroncolliderdestroyedtheworldyet.com/
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http://hasthelargehadroncolliderdestroyedtheworldyet.com/


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katie10 katie10
 
December 23, 2008 07:20 AM
Currently, the LHC is being repaired. It'll be back up and running in 2009, though.
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See CERN's official press release:
http://press.web.cern.ch/press/PressReleases/Releases2008/PR17.08E.html


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