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Large Hadron Collider accelerates proton beams at 3.5 TeV

Sat, 03/20/2010 - 15:29 by Ishita Sood

The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) on Saturday reported that its Large Hadron Collider (LHC) accelerated proton beams at 3.5 teraelectronvolts (TeV), the top speed for any atom smasher machine ever.

World energy record set by Big Bang Collider

Mon, 11/30/2009 - 15:34 by Ishita Sood

Geneva, November 30 -- Report by European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) released Monday informed that Large Hadron Collider(LHC) surpassed all records for proton acceleration after sending beams of particles at 1.18 tetraelectron volts (One TeV is roughly equal to the energy of one flying mosquito).

LHC generates first proton beam collision

Tue, 11/24/2009 - 06:28 by harsheeb

Geneva -- Physicists at the Large Hadron Collider, located underground near the French-Swiss border, say proton beams have collided for the first time in the machine.

The scientists told the BBC the event occurred Monday as two beams were circulated simultaneously around the 16-mile-long ringed tunnel that's located nearly 330 feet beneath the ground in Switzerland.

When fully operational, the LHC will smash together numerous beams of protons to shed light on what conditions existed in the universe less than a trillionth of a second after the Big Bang.

Hadron collider sends proton beam

Sat, 11/21/2009 - 21:25 by Inderjit Singh

Geneva -- A proton beam has been sent through the Large Hadron Collider, a key step in restarting the world's largest atom smasher, physicists in Switzerland said.

The physicists Friday succeeded in sending the beam clockwise around the 17-mile underground tunnel near Geneva, the European Organization for Nuclear Research said.

The effort marked a critical step in restarting the $9 billion collider, which was shut down after it's inaugural start up in September 2008 because of problems with electromagnets.

The past year's work has been a "Herculean effort," Steve Myers, the collider's director for accelerators, said in a release.

Scientists: Collider will produce results

Fri, 09/11/2009 - 21:46 by Inderjit Singh

Geneva -- The Large Hadron Collider will not become a "white elephant," despite having operated just one week in the year since its debut, scientists in Switzerland said.

The world's most powerful atom smasher began operation a year ago this month near Geneva amid great expectations it would recreate the conditions of the universe at its earliest infancy.

A week later, the more than $8 billion collider broke down. Scientists have spent the last year replacing super magnets and inspecting parts designed in a collaboration with as many as 2,000 scientists worldwide, said experimental physicist Edda Gschwendtner of the European Organization for Nuclear Research, the group that developed the particale accelerator.