El Duderino

"Big Bang" collider set for autumn restart: CERN

Fri Jun 19, 2009 2:43pm EDT GENEVA (Reuters) - The giant sub-atomic particle collider built to reproduce "Big Bang" conditions is set to restart this autumn, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) said on Friday.

Scientists believe they have figured out how to prevent a repeat of the problems that caused the 10 billion Swiss franc ($9.2 billion) Large Hadron Collider to be shut down just nine days after it was switched on last September, CERN expert Steve Myers said in a statement.

The machine -- the largest and most complex ever made -- overheated because of a faulty splice in the super-conducting cable connecting two cooling magnets, according to Myers.

There are 10,000 splices around the underground collider's 27-km (17-mile) ring, which smashes particles together at a temperature of just above absolute zero to recreate the conditions believed to have been present at the beginning of the universe 13.7 billion years ago.

CERN has put back the start date several times, and most recently said the collider would restart in September.

"Many new tests have been developed," Myers said. "That has given us a wealth of information about the LHC splices, and confidence that we will be in good shape for running this year."

Among the repairs and modifications made to the collider -- which are thought to cost up to $30 million -- are a system to respond to any heating up of its core, several added pressure relief valves, improved vacuum technology, and stronger anchors connecting its magnets to the floor.

"All of this contributes to preparing the machine for a long and safe operational lifetime," CERN said.

Swizzie

Biggest waste of money in some time

milesteg

There are several other places where that research could have and should have gone. And I'm a big astro physics and quantum physics guy but seriously? 9 billion dollars to look at quarks?

This happens because they know we're closing in on discovering the last sub-atomic particles and every fuckin lab coat gets a hard on for the idea of finding and naming one thus entering into history.

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Jesus_Didn't_Tap

as a science guy i'm actually very excited to hear about the findings with this project.

And El Dude you're a fucking idiot, this will not destroy the world.

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DBHK

There was this book I read, can't remember what it was called, about a zombie outbreak caused by this type of a machine.

El Duderino

It was a sensationalist thread title to get non-science inclined idiots like you to read someting interesting for a change, son!

RapeChoke

The test results could be interesting. DBHK, terrible story. What's the book? How to survive the Zombie Apocalypse?

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El Duderino

For those idiots criticising the thread title, the possibility that this test could destroy the world has been considered:
Big Bang machine could destroy Earth
Boon or doom? Collider stirs debate - LHC- msnbc.com
Nightmares and dreams surrounding LHC - LHC - MSNBC.com

milesteg

JDT, I don't THINK this test will destroy the world.....but it could.

When they launched the first atomic bomb a good number of scientists thought it'd ignite the atmosphere on fire and we'd all die.

This is a lot more complicated and a lot more dangerous than splitting the atom.

I mean worse case scenerio, it literally destroys the ENTIRE universe. We've never fucked with anything this powerful before.

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Jesus_Didn't_Tap

We haven't?? 'Ark of the Covenant' about to be unveiled?

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Jesus_Didn't_Tap

This is kinda like that shitty movie with Keanu Reeves, what was it called? When they discover cold fusion or something then it starts to destroy the universe. Anyway it sucked and i hope this machine fucks up something, like destroys all computers and erases all this fucking debt i got.

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The Rising Awesome book

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