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LHC Restarts High-Energy Quest For Exotic Physics
astroengine writes: It's official: After a long 27 month hiatus for upgrades and a 2 month restart, the world's largest particle accelerator is back in the particle collision business. As of 10:40 a.m. CET (5:40 a.m. ET), the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) was running at record-breaking energies and collecting science data. Physicists now expect the particle collider to run non-stop for the next 3 years. We are in a new era of high-energy particle physics where, for the first time, we don't exactly know what we'll find. "With the LHC back in the collision-production mode, we celebrate the end of two months of beam commissioning," said CERN Director of Accelerators and Technology Frédérick Bordry in a press release. "It is a great accomplishment and a rewarding moment for all of the teams involved in the work performed during the long shutdown of the LHC, in the powering tests and in the beam commissioning process. All these people have dedicated so much of their time to making this happen."
Check out that 15 year old Volvo lifestyle!
Hey, they're pretty good for collisions.
My God, it's Full of Source!
OUTSIDE_IP=$(dig +short my.ip @outsideip.net)
http://www.cyriak.co.uk/lhc/lh...
Shit. Things have gotten so bad the quarks have to get on the pole to make a living.
If you were me, you'd be good lookin'. - six string samurai
It would be the ultimate irony if God turned out to be a couple of grad students who are now sitting in the dean's office doing a lot of explaining.
American Third Position
Finally, a real choice!