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$950 Million Large Hadron Collider Upgrade 'Could Upend Particle Physics' (theguardian.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: A massive project to supercharge the world's largest particle collider launched on Friday in the hope that the beefed-up machine will reveal fresh insights into the nature of the universe. The approximately $950 million Swiss franc mission will see heavy equipment, new buildings, access shafts and service tunnels installed, constructed and excavated at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at Cern, the particle physics laboratory on the edge of Geneva.
The upgrade will make the collider far more sensitive to subtle quirks in the laws of physics, and physicists hope these anomalies will pry open the door to entirely new theories of the universe. If the upgrade goes to plan, the proton beams in the souped-up accelerator, known as the high-luminosity LHC, or HL-LHC, will be so intense that the number of collisions in the machine will be five to 10 times greater than today. The upgrade is expected to take eight years. While new magnets and beam instruments will be installed when the LHC is switched off for two years in 2019, most of the required equipment will be fitted in a longer shutdown from 2024 to 2026, when the revamped machine will switch back on again.
The upgrade will make the collider far more sensitive to subtle quirks in the laws of physics, and physicists hope these anomalies will pry open the door to entirely new theories of the universe. If the upgrade goes to plan, the proton beams in the souped-up accelerator, known as the high-luminosity LHC, or HL-LHC, will be so intense that the number of collisions in the machine will be five to 10 times greater than today. The upgrade is expected to take eight years. While new magnets and beam instruments will be installed when the LHC is switched off for two years in 2019, most of the required equipment will be fitted in a longer shutdown from 2024 to 2026, when the revamped machine will switch back on again.
Republicans cancelled it, they don't understand science's benefit. If God wanted them to be scientists he wouldn't have given them 76 point IQ's and forced them to work in coal mines as if it were a thing of pride, lol.
Funny thing, it's mostly worthless white meth faggots in the INCEL-GOP community who steal copper out of homes. Fact, look it up. No wonder Trump is pardoning them as fast as he can lol. Prison can't come fast enough.
When Obama's third term begins and he locks up the Republican children in the dogfood factories, America will be great again. Trump can watch it all from.. oh, right. Windowless Federal Prison, how unfair! Sad!
(What kind of prison wine do you think Paul Manafort is sipping right now? A: The good stuff! :D )
I can't even work out whether it's the collider that's large or the hadron!
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