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The Large Hadron Collider is about to turn back on after a 3-year hiatus
Space.com ^ | 04/21/2022 | Chelsea Gohd

Posted on 04/21/2022 6:53:02 PM PDT by BenLurkin

[T]he teams at CERN were able to make a number of updates and improvements to the particle accelerator to support new, next-generation science during the scheduled shutdown.

As the most powerful accelerator in the world, the LHC can generate hundreds of millions of particle collisions every second.

Although the LHC has led to new physics research throughout both of its previous, successful runs, teams at CERN hope to push their explorations with the new upgrades implemented during the shutdown.

Included in these improvements, CERN has increased the power of the LHC's injectors, which feed the beams of accelerated particles into the collider. During Run 2, ending in 2018, the collider could accelerate beams of particles up to an energy of 6.5 teraelectronvolts, which has been increased to 6.8 teraelectronvolts, according to a statement from CERN. (A single teraelectronvolt is roughly equal to 1 trillion electron volts (TeV). 1 TeV is roughly equivalent to the kinetic energy of a flying mosquito; this might not seem much, but it's an immense amount of energy for a single proton.)

In order to pull off this significant increase in energy, thousands of superconducting magnets in the LHC, that direct the proton beams, need to "learn" to adjust to stronger currents after being shut of for so long during LS2 [Long Shutdown 2], CERN officials wrote in a statement. It takes about 12,000 individual tests as part of what CERN calls "magnet training" to make this adjustment.

The increase in energy will allow the LHC to pull off even higher energy collisions than before, potentially revealing new insights into how particles behave. In turn, scientists hope to push the Standard Model, the leading scientific theory that describes all known forces and particles in the universe, to better explain puzzles like dark matter and dark energy.

(Excerpt) Read more at space.com ...


TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: cern; hadron; largehadroncollider; lhc; physics; science; stringtheory
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1 posted on 04/21/2022 6:53:02 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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Once again, many thanks to the FReeper who posted this link several years back. A delightful video, imo.

Collider — The Cernettes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1e1eLe1ihT0


2 posted on 04/21/2022 6:54:50 PM PDT by BenLurkin ((The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.))
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To: BenLurkin

I hope they rip a hole in the time/space fabric.


3 posted on 04/21/2022 6:55:12 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: BenLurkin

I hear it is going to quit working permanently.


4 posted on 04/21/2022 6:55:22 PM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: SunkenCiv

gnip


5 posted on 04/21/2022 6:55:47 PM PDT by BenLurkin ((The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.))
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To: BenLurkin

It was nice knowing y’all.


6 posted on 04/21/2022 6:57:49 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: EEGator

And the sooner the better.

{sigh}


7 posted on 04/21/2022 6:57:56 PM PDT by BenLurkin ((The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.))
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To: BenLurkin

Yes, I was reading this and immediately thought about this fun video! Thanks!


8 posted on 04/21/2022 6:58:34 PM PDT by Scarlett156 (Me 3 weeks ago: EVERYONE STOP GOING ON TWATTER. *Elon happens* Me: *goes on twatter twice a day*)
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To: BenLurkin
1 TeV is roughly equivalent to the kinetic energy of a flying mosquito

That's nothing. By the time Brandon is done, it will take 1 TeraBuck to buy a slice of bread.

9 posted on 04/21/2022 6:59:18 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Liberty is an antecedent of government, not a benefit from government” ~ Clarence Thomas)
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To: EEGator
I hope they rip a hole in the time/space fabric.

No, they're just going to create a cute little black hole.

10 posted on 04/21/2022 7:13:36 PM PDT by TChad ("Joe, we should evacuate the civilians before the military. You understand that, right? Joe?")
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To: BenLurkin

That video is fabulous. Will share it with mrs jimfree tomorrow morning. Thanks!


11 posted on 04/21/2022 7:20:07 PM PDT by jimfree (PD)
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To: EEGator

Be careful what you wish for...


12 posted on 04/21/2022 7:31:48 PM PDT by Dubh_Ghlase (Oh boy! <p> So be it. Choice is, either wake up to the )
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To: BenLurkin

Every time they turn that thing on it imperils 100,000 acres of Brazilian rain forest because they’re bound to discover something that will obsolete every science book in existence.


13 posted on 04/21/2022 7:33:14 PM PDT by Paal Gulli
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To: Dubh_Ghlase

I’m fine with it. I won’t have to work again…


14 posted on 04/21/2022 7:34:33 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: BenLurkin

Likely will open a wormhole that the Klingons can use to come here and take over.
Democrats will cheer


15 posted on 04/21/2022 7:35:40 PM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (remorse)
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To: HereInTheHeartland
But the good news is....MH-370 will fly out along with them....
16 posted on 04/21/2022 7:38:26 PM PDT by BenLurkin ((The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.))
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To: HereInTheHeartland

Maybe it will flip us back to the “good” Universe? This one stinks.


17 posted on 04/21/2022 7:43:42 PM PDT by The Antiyuppie (When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day)
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To: BenLurkin

“You never spend your nights with me
And you don’t go out with other girls either
You only love your collider”

A photo of this group was the first image ever sent over the internet:

https://youtu.be/1e1eLe1ihT0


18 posted on 04/21/2022 9:00:46 PM PDT by willk (O)
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To: BenLurkin; 6SJ7; AdmSmith; AFPhys; Arkinsaw; allmost; aristotleman; autumnraine; bajabaja; ...
Thanks BenLurkin.


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19 posted on 04/21/2022 10:07:14 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: willk

Probably the only music video to feature a Cray supercomputer as a set prop.


20 posted on 04/21/2022 11:34:43 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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