LHC Breaks Energy Record

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The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has had something of a troubled time since construction was initially completed. After an electrical fault caused liquid helium to leak into the tunnel that contains the collider last September the schedule to commence particle smashing was set back considerably. However, since the machine was restarted on November 20th it has been smooth sailing. The LHC can now officially be called the highest-energy particle accelerator in the world, after engineers increased the energy of a pilot beam to 1.18 trillion electron volts on Sunday (23:44 GMT). The previous record of 0.98 TeV was held by the Tevatron accelerator in Chicago and if all goes well should be continually improved upon, as the LHC ramps up its energy to an expected seven trillion electron volts. Cern's director general is reportedly happy with progress, though the real celebrations will begin once the serious science begins in 2010.

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nickosha on November 30, 2009 08:45PM Hmm I think I'm actually going to the tevatron accelerator in the spring with my physics class. reply to this

dlsolo on December 1, 2009 06:58AM I wonder if those guys get bored and play Modern Warfare 2 on that beast of a machine??? LOL reply to this

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