Friday, November 20, 2009

'Big Bang' Experiment To Re-Start

The Compact Muon Solenoid is one of two multi-purpose detectors at the LHC

From BBC:

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) experiment could be re-started on Saturday morning at the earliest, officials have said.


Engineers are preparing to send a beam of sub-atomic particles all the way round the 27km-long circular tunnel which houses the LHC.

The £6bn machine on the French-Swiss border is designed to shed light on fundamental questions about the cosmos.

The LHC has been shut down for repairs since an accident in September 2008.

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