LHC Countdown
Dauth 13 May 2008
Yep, they will run at 5 TeV before turning off and redoing parts of it ready for the full 7 TeV runs later on. Recently they've been overheating the magnets to make them sit properly, now that is done it's almost ready.
CoLT 13 May 2008
Does this mean we could potentially have a Half-life 1 scenario tomorrow?
(yes I'm serious)
(yes I'm serious)
G-sus 13 May 2008
well in a good case. in a bad case we could maybe end with a black hole around there where once earth was...
Destiny 14 May 2008
Everyone, get to your units! PREPARE TO DESTROY THE weapon of...err...mass destruction! Man, I hope it really doesn't kill us or something
Dauth 14 May 2008
13hrs after a tweak by CERN, will be nice when she fires up for the first time
General 17 May 2008
Just wait a minute, its done? lol I though they will announce it atleast from their own website, I don't think so this one is the 'real test' they are preparing for
Edit: I just saw that countdown timer was not correct aswell as its noted in clarification, so whats the meaning of it really, they delay it for months again >_>
Edited by General, 17 May 2008 - 19:54.
Edit: I just saw that countdown timer was not correct aswell as its noted in clarification, so whats the meaning of it really, they delay it for months again >_>
Edited by General, 17 May 2008 - 19:54.
Dauth 17 May 2008
You would be amazed how complex this thing is, I don't expect any data for another 6 months
General 17 May 2008
I know how complex it is , I am following it for months but they delay it everytime, I think I will die by myself before they activate it
CommanderJB 18 May 2008
Well, good to hear they didn't blow the entire thing off its tracks this time. By the way, did any of you see the Horizon documentary (supposedly) about the LHC? It almost gave me a migraine...
Libains 20 May 2008
Good to know we're not all in some sort of vortex created by this thing now.. Seriously - a very nice piece of kit that will be most beneficial to science for many years to come!
Dauth 20 May 2008
and in about 10 years the Super LHC will be implemented to give us better results, and FP420 which will look for Higgs Bosons made a gluon exchange reaction.
Jamie^ 02 Sep 2008
If people did a bit of research they would realise how daft they sounded. Plus in the sun today they did an article about it talking about the "end of the world" and how it will create "hundreds of micro black holes" lol.
Jamie^ 02 Sep 2008
Well since it's in a vacuum and there isn't really too many particles, IF a micro black hole is made, there isnt enough particles in the machine to get it built up in size, and since its in a vacuum, no more particles will be able to get into it, so if it DOES survive, it will be slowly but surely dragged to the center of the earth by gravity...
Rich19 02 Sep 2008
Jamie^, on 2 Sep 2008, 1:22, said:
If people did a bit of research they would realise how daft they sounded. Plus in the sun today they did an article about it talking about the "end of the world" and how it will create "hundreds of micro black holes" lol.
Why on earth do you read The Sun?
Jamie^, on 2 Sep 2008, 15:47, said:
Well since it's in a vacuum and there isn't really too many particles, IF a micro black hole is made, there isnt enough particles in the machine to get it built up in size, and since its in a vacuum, no more particles will be able to get into it, so if it DOES survive, it will be slowly but surely dragged to the center of the earth by gravity...
It'll evaporate within milliseconds, I thought.
Jamie^ 02 Sep 2008
Uhh, page 3?
Anyway, theres a very slight chance of one being created, and theres an even slighter chance of it staying alive, we just gotta depend on Hawking Radiation for that one!
Anyway, theres a very slight chance of one being created, and theres an even slighter chance of it staying alive, we just gotta depend on Hawking Radiation for that one!