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OfflineSSM_Arts
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LHC Shut Down For 2 Months
    #8967955 - 09/22/08 12:28 PM (15 years, 7 months ago)

The world's largest particle collider has been shut down for at least two months due to a large helium leak stemming from an incident Friday, officials said.

The Large Hadron Collider is a gigantic particle accelerator located in a nearly 17-mile-long circular tunnel along the French-Swiss border about 330 feet underground. It was built by the European Organization for Nuclear Research, also known as CERN.
Images: Where particles, physics theories collide

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The collider was officially launched on September 10 when the first particle beam was successfully sent around the full circuit. On the heels of an earlier malfunction due to a faulty transformer, CERN said Friday's incident was most likely caused "by a faulty electrical connection between two magnets, which probably melted at high current leading to mechanical failure." At no time was there any risk to people, CERN added.

Although a full investigation is still under way, CERN announced Saturday that the section of the tunnel will have to be "warmed up" for repairs, which means the LHC will be down for at least two months.

The LHC experiments involve accelerating two beams of subatomic particles--called hadrons--in opposite directions to more than 99.9 percent the speed of light. Smashing the beams together will create showers of new particles for physicists to study using special detectors.

The result is expected to push forward theories of particle physics and the fundamental building blocks of all things. The LHC was designed primarily as an attempt to product the "Higgs boson," a hypothetical particle whose observation would help confirm some of the predictions in the Standard Model of physics. Other currently theoretical particles may also be observed for the first time, including microscopic black holes.

Some have theorized that the black hole experiments could go wrong with catastrophic results, but CERN has done extensive safety analysis and has repeatedly denied any such threat.

-Bummer :frown:


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Re: LHC Shut Down For 2 Months [Re: SSM_Arts]
    #8968175 - 09/22/08 01:21 PM (15 years, 7 months ago)

Bummer? Thats two more months of guaranteed not death from a black hole. :tongue2:


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Re: LHC Shut Down For 2 Months [Re: robbyberto]
    #8968255 - 09/22/08 01:35 PM (15 years, 7 months ago)



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Re: LHC Shut Down For 2 Months [Re: SSM_Arts]
    #8968370 - 09/22/08 01:58 PM (15 years, 7 months ago)

NO.

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Re: LHC Shut Down For 2 Months [Re: robbyberto]
    #8968646 - 09/22/08 03:21 PM (15 years, 7 months ago)

Quote:

robbyberto said:
Bummer? Thats two more months of guaranteed not death from a black hole. :tongue2:




Guaranteed? hmmm  If there is some finite chance the LHC could make a black hole then 'natural' particle collisions must also have a chance of making a black hole.

So, dont rest easy  :wink:

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Re: LHC Shut Down For 2 Months [Re: robbyberto]
    #8968826 - 09/22/08 04:02 PM (15 years, 7 months ago)

> Bummer? Thats two more months of guaranteed not death from a black hole. :tongue2:

Possibly longer... they aren't talking about it, but then don't plan to run the thing during the winter months because of higher electrical costs during that time of year.  It may not go back online until next spring, even if it is ready long before then.


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Re: LHC Shut Down For 2 Months [Re: Seuss]
    #8968937 - 09/22/08 04:40 PM (15 years, 7 months ago)

Yeah I never really expected them to do any significant experiments until next year... but this 2 month shutdown is a bummer.

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Re: LHC Shut Down For 2 Months [Re: lIllIIIllIlIIlIlIIllIllIIl]
    #8968954 - 09/22/08 04:45 PM (15 years, 7 months ago)

it may have to be pushed back until 12-21-2012


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Re: LHC Shut Down For 2 Months [Re: SSM_Arts]
    #8969244 - 09/22/08 05:59 PM (15 years, 7 months ago)

Damn. Isn't that date significant in the Mayan calandar?

Could be a possibility. Lol.

Edited by Jrsxt (09/22/08 06:01 PM)

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Re: LHC Shut Down For 2 Months [Re: SSM_Arts]
    #8969737 - 09/22/08 07:42 PM (15 years, 7 months ago)

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SSM_Arts said:
it may have to be pushed back until 12-21-2012




:lol:

I was going to post the same damn thing.....    :tongue:


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Re: LHC Shut Down For 2 Months [Re: PhanTomCat]
    #8970460 - 09/22/08 10:20 PM (15 years, 7 months ago)


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Re: LHC Shut Down For 2 Months [Re: cpw1971]
    #8970981 - 09/23/08 12:16 AM (15 years, 7 months ago)

wow, that was a good read. Thought Provoking.


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Re: LHC Shut Down For 2 Months [Re: SSM_Arts]
    #8971693 - 09/23/08 05:55 AM (15 years, 7 months ago)

Yeah man it says mini black holes are the least of worries and that theres a lot of stuff that could happen they are not telling us.

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Re: LHC Shut Down For 2 Months [Re: SSM_Arts]
    #8971708 - 09/23/08 06:09 AM (15 years, 7 months ago)

No, take anything from Rense.com with a huge grain of salt.

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Re: LHC Shut Down For 2 Months [Re: Le_Canard]
    #8971714 - 09/23/08 06:16 AM (15 years, 7 months ago)

yeah along with the news you hear on tv. I am more inclined to believe Rense.

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Re: LHC Shut Down For 2 Months [Re: cpw1971]
    #8971733 - 09/23/08 06:27 AM (15 years, 7 months ago)

He's a big fan of the Reptiloids.

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Re: LHC Shut Down For 2 Months [Re: Le_Canard]
    #8972282 - 09/23/08 10:09 AM (15 years, 7 months ago)

We can die for science... A lot of japanese people did.


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Re: LHC Shut Down For 2 Months [Re: watchoutnow]
    #8973386 - 09/23/08 02:24 PM (15 years, 7 months ago)

Quit whining about black holes.  Even in the event that that did happen, I wouldn't mind going out of this world in such a badass way being sucked into a fucking black hole.


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Re: LHC Shut Down For 2 Months [Re: Le_Canard]
    #8973538 - 09/23/08 02:57 PM (15 years, 7 months ago)

> No, take anything from Rense.com with a huge grain of salt.

Just checked out his site... the guy is a fruitcake.


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Re: LHC Shut Down For 2 Months [Re: Seuss]
    #8974046 - 09/23/08 04:37 PM (15 years, 7 months ago)

I think his integrity comes through in this picture quite clearly.  If you can't see the sincerity in this man, and the promise in his eyes, well... you're probably a reptilian anyways


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