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CERN, LHC Sets New Luminosity World Record

Posted by Soulskill on from the celebrate-by-destroying-a-universe dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Since last night, the Large Hadron Collider is officially the most powerful accelerator in the world. While a record energy level had been reached last year, the new luminosity level, surpassing Fermilab's capabilities, is a new achievement. 'Higher intensity means more data, and more data means greater discovery potential,' as CERN Director General Rolf Heuer says."

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  1. Re:These scientists.... by PvtVoid · · Score: 3, Interesting

    My understanding has been that, so far, it's a very high maintenance (albeit necessary) way of checking various existing theories in the mound of increasingly untested theoretical physics. IOW, it's more of an engineering feat than a scientific one. Or are unexpected observations being made leading to new physics?

    Um. How are they supposed to be able to tell ahead of time when unexpected things will happen?

  2. Re:Most powerful accelerator by mcelrath · · Score: 3, Interesting

    It's called the beam dump.

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    1^2=1; (-1)^2=1; 1^2=(-1)^2; 1=-1; 1=0.