Article

2010-03-11 Science & Technology

Large Hadron Collidor to be taken off line again

Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.

Posted by lord garth 2010-03-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Give'm some old envelopes.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2010-03-11 01:58|| 2010-03-11 01:58|| Front Page Top

#2 When engineering assumptions run up against reality things like this occurs. Happens with new tech like this (and some old tech pushed to it's limits).

At least they are getting a chance to fix things before they break.

Posted by tipover 2010-03-11 02:02|| 2010-03-11 02:02|| Front Page Top

#3 Depends on how much Evil Robot Bill and Ted get done between now and then.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2010-03-11 02:38|| 2010-03-11 02:38|| Front Page Top

#4 Don't forget the anitmatter stolen by the Illiminati to blow up the Vatican.

Silly premise, but the movie was worth the $5 rental.

Posted by Bobby 2010-03-11 05:51|| 2010-03-11 05:51|| Front Page Top

#5 A reprieve from the Governor.

Posted by Procopius2k 2010-03-11 09:12|| 2010-03-11 09:12|| Front Page Top

#6 The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) must close at the end of 2011 for up to a year to address design issues

They forgot to include a pastry timer?

Posted by gorb 2010-03-11 09:47|| 2010-03-11 09:47|| Front Page Top

#7 AC/DC have more voltage and Ben Johnson still does a lap faster than this thing !

:)

Posted by Oscar 2010-03-11 10:29|| 2010-03-11 10:29|| Front Page Top

#8 Time for a large spelling mistake collidor

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2010-03-11 10:41|| 2010-03-11 10:41|| Front Page Top

#9 Well, it was obvious they had design flaws when it didn't create the Apocalyptic Black Hole of Doom™.

Should've just contracted it out to Halliburton in the first place.

Posted by xbalanke 2010-03-11 11:04|| 2010-03-11 11:04|| Front Page Top

#10 I must be sick. I read it has Large Hadron Colander.

Posted by Creating Mussolini9716 2010-03-11 11:38|| 2010-03-11 11:38|| Front Page Top

#11 The last post wuz me.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2010-03-11 11:39|| 2010-03-11 11:39|| Front Page Top

#12 Huh... this reminds me of an article I read around the time when the LHC was supposed to go online last Fall and there were several delays and setbacks.

Yes, it's from the NY Slimes but an interesting read, nonetheless: The Collider, the Particle and a Theory About Fate

Posted by eltoroverde 2010-03-11 13:35|| 2010-03-11 13:35|| Front Page Top

#13 This is what happens every time you involve the French.

Posted by Mizzou Mafia 2010-03-11 14:21|| 2010-03-11 14:21|| Front Page Top

#14 The story is old. The question was whether to fix things now and try to start out at full energy, or take data at a lower energy (and lower luminosity) first. As the story says, they decided to try to run for a couple of years first.
At the moment the beams division is busy trying to tweak the beam this way and that (microns matter and the ring is big enough that tides are significant), and the experimenters are busy shaking down their detectors and trying to make sure they understand how things work with real beam in the machine. My small contribution yesterday was to answer the unexpected question "Is the floor slowly sagging under the experiment's weight?"
Are you in Geneva now, ThingFromSnowyMountain?

Posted by James 2010-03-11 16:21|| http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com 2010-03-11 16:21|| Front Page Top

#15 Are you in Geneva now, ThingFromSnowyMountain?

Prob'ly his French cousin, James, thoughtfully munching on a baguette. ;-)

Posted by trailing wife 2010-03-11 17:16|| 2010-03-11 17:16|| Front Page Top

#16 #10 I must be sick. I read it has Large Hadron Colander.

and I jumbled Hadron. Imagine my embarrassment

Posted by Frank G 2010-03-11 19:37|| 2010-03-11 19:37|| Front Page Top

23:59 OldSpook
23:51 OldSpook
23:44 Steve White
23:01 rjschwarz
22:40 trailing wife
22:25 Sherry
22:17 trailing wife
22:16 Lonzo Angoluper8472
22:11 trailing wife
22:02 swksvolFF
21:48 Pappy
21:35 Barbara Skolaut
21:32 Barbara Skolaut
21:32 swksvolFF
21:26 Pappy
21:22 Pappy
21:17 notascrename
20:51 Frank G
20:51 notascrename
20:41 Barbara Skolaut
20:38 Steve White
20:35 Eric Jablow
20:16 Redneck Jim
20:00 Anonymoose