Large Hadron Collider Just Might Melt Its Way Out of a Glitch

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[BenLurkin]

Operations at the Large Hadron Collider apparently have been stymied by a little piece of metal that fell into the works, creating a short circuit — and Europe's CERN particle physics center says one of the remedies being considered is to turn up the electrical current high enough to "melt the offending object."

After a two-year-long shutdown for upgrades, the world's most powerful particle accelerator was due to resume shooting beams of protons through its 17-mile-round (27-kilometer-round) ring of helium-cooled magnets this week. But the LHC's operators detected an intermittent short circuit in one of the magnet sectors, forcing them to put the plan on hold.

[infool7]

What could go wrong? ;-)

[bmwcyle]

OOPS.......................................................................................

[doosee]

Reminds me of the original movie, The Fly. That one fly accidentally got into the conversion machine and came out with a human head. Help Me, Help Me!!!!!!!!!!1

[DuncanWaring]

Or, perhaps they’ll see the largest example ever known of the Exploding Wire Phenomenon.

[hadaclueonce]

Contact....

[pa_dweller]

One-shot noise source.

[spokeshave]

Or, perhaps they’ll see the largest example ever known of the Exploding Wire Phenomenon.

Or a rail gun projectile

[Rebel_Ace]

Turn it up to "eleven"