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Hadron Collider goes into half-speed

Tags: Hadron Collider , Sci-Tech, World, News
 
Mar 19, 2010 12:12 Moscow Time
Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Photo: EPA
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The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has for the first time begun running at half its maximum capacity. The energy of proton beams was ramped up to 3.5 TeV (tetra-electron volts), which is the power level the collider will run at until late 2011. A statement to that effect came from the European Organization for Nuclear research. Scientists will observe the particles’ circulation in the 27-kilometer ring of the LHC during two years, gradually increasing the intensity of the experiment and analyzing the results. The machine is planned to be shut down for a year in 2011 for maintenance and preparations for the planned collisions at 7 TeV. The Large Hadron Collider, the construction cost of which exceeded 6 billion euros, is the world’s largest particle accelerator, created for addressing the laws of nature and fundamental questions of physics, RIA Novosti reports.

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