Large Hadron Collider

pedrochop said:
I guess this bit of the experiment is quite important cause if it didn't work they would have to check the whole thing again and repair whatever was broken and that would probably have taken months.
Now it's going to get interesting. They now know that the beam can go round the whole ring so all they need to do now is cross their fingers and hope that they can speed it up to nearly the speed of light, making sure the machine doesnt melt from the heat.
I guess the big countdown of this experiment is when they actually make the particles colide. That will be the 'man on the moon' moment.
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The LHC's operating temperature is around 2.7 K so it's unlikely that it'll melt ;)
 
Of course the trick is never, ever, under any circumstances, to allow live sticks to touch. But of course, we all know that.
 
jr1104 said:
You seem to have forgotten that this experiment has already given us the internet, scanners for airport security and MRI scanners to greatly improve health care. Seems like we've already got our moneys worth, and it can only get better:)
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How? I'm not being argumentative, I'm genuinely interested to know.
 
pedrochop said:
I thought they needed to make it that cold because of the heat the machine will generate. is this not the case? :confused:
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The conductors in the LHC don't generate any heat as they become superconductors when cooled to their operating temperature :)

It has to be at that temperature to allow such a high current in the first place, of course.
 
Inquisitor said:
The conductors in the LHC don't generate any heat as they become superconductors when cooled to their operating temperature :)

It has to be at that temperature to allow such a high current in the first place, of course.
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:cool: thanks

I also heard that the place becomes a little radio active! :eek:
 
Inquisitor said:
The conductors in the LHC don't generate any heat as they become superconductors when cooled to their operating temperature :)

It has to be at that temperature to allow such a high current in the first place, of course.
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So what you're saying, is that they overclock the thing?:p

mks2005 said:
What would happen if the fully accelerated particle beam was fired at a human?
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Would it cut a human in half with one sweep?
 
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