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We are fully cool !! For the first time since 2012 the cryo status screen is all green.

My guess would be the manufacturer of the magnets. They were produced by three different companies and for reasons that aren't properly understood the three types have slightly different characteristics despite the specification being theoretically identical and tightly controlled. That is also, I b...

However long it takes I think. They are currently doing powering tests and training the magnets, they'll probably be there by the end of the week according to this -

http://hcc.web.cern.ch/hcc/index.php

Looks like we have beam in the machine again. Not all the way around yet, but very hopeful. Splash testing at LHCb and ALICE.

Good old mainstream media. Getting a close guess to the mass of a Higgs is some way away from 'discovering' it. Also they fail to elaborate on by how much this estimated mass is a 'bit larger' than the actual figure.

There used to be a page with the minutes of the daily meetings of everything concerning the operation and problems of the LHC. I can't seem to find the link anymore. Is the link gone, or am I simply overlooking it? Regards, Rudolf I know the one you mean. I think these meetings are only held while ...

So really you're just here to promote your own website.

I'm not an expert but I'm going to have a stab at roughly explaining this. The important thing to remember to help you understand all that is e=mc^2 When you get down to the quantum level energy and mass become readily interchangeable. That is why, for instance, the mass of sub atomic particles are ...

Hmmm, interesting but I think this was old news even when the article was published. The vLHC is just one of a series of ideas on how to move on.

Amazing, someone in Kentucky using an Indian IP.

Until I read the article I thought the same, but now I think the idea is plausible. Lightning isn't a very well understood phenomenon. As far as I understand the article isn't saying that the particles cause the storms. the storms occur naturally and the manner in which they generate the charge in t...

If this is the greatest science feat since the 1920's why haven't I heard about it anywhere else ?

Great, they were doing dry run beam dumps today according to Page 1

Personally I prefer to stick to worrying about looking both ways when crossing the road.

draph91 wrote:

DCWhitworth wrote: I beg your pardon, I meant dark energy, not dark matter.

oops then why does your post say dark matter?

Because my fingers weren't listening to my brain