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LHC Reaches Over One Trillion Electron Volts

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the zzzzzzzzzzot dept.

The LHC has become the world's highest-energy particle accelerator, weighing in at over one trillion electron volts. "Until now the LHC had been operating at a relatively low energy of 450 billion electron volts. On Sunday, engineers increased the energy of this 'pilot beam,' reaching 1.18 trillion electron volts at 2344 GMT. The previous record of 0.98 trillion electron volts has been held by the Tevatron accelerator since 2001. The LHC is eventually expected to operate at some seven trillion electron volts."

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  1. Re:When will the science begin by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Troll?

    It was only switched on again a week ago, and you want it to be spewing out Higgs' already?!!?

    These machines are *stunningly* complex, and always take years to reach their full potential. Google for the luminosity history of any major machine (LEP, Tevatron, etc.) to see how long they took to reach their design goals.

    Trust me, as a particle physicist (posting anonymously to preserve moderations), this week has been amazingly exciting, and everyone I know is stunned by how fast this machine is coming back on.

    "step it up a notch" -- you *must* be a troll.