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Large Hadron Collider Goes Live September 10th

Posted by timothy on from the get-your-affairs-in-order dept.

Naznarreb writes "CERN announced today that the first attempt to circulate a beam through the Large Hadron Collider will be on September 10th, 2008. You can read the press release here. They also announced the event will be webcast live. According to the release, they're just planning to run a few tests laps, not smash any particles, so the world won't be ending quite yet." And despite that September 10th date, according to the BBC, "On 9 August, protons will be piped through LHC magnets for the first time."

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  1. Re:September 10th? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    No. Cool down. The reason that everyone has been waiting for the last couple of months is for the system to cool to less than 2 K. That is what is limiting the operation of the complete LHC.

  2. Re:September 10th? by Rycross · · Score: 5, Informative

    "Two degrees Kelvin" is actually improper terminology. Kelvin does not use the degree simple. You simply say "Two Kelvin."

    On another hope, I really hope you weren't joking with that. If so, then I just got whooshed!