Geneva Particle Accelerator

[Science266677]

Hi I watched a programme about the particle accelerator underneath the city of geneva. It was near completion when it was aired. I have searched the internet but cannot find any information on what happened when they ran the machine.

 

Has it been run?

 

Am I in the wrong forum?

 

Rob

[swansont]

You mean at CERN?

[Science266677]

Yes CERN - It was months ago when I watched it and it was shown in retrospect so I am sure they have tried and retried and got results.....

 

Or not

 

but whatever they found i am intersted.

[timo]

Darn, my post got deleted. So you get the sketchy version:

 

- The accelerator you are looking for is (most likely) the LHC at CERN.

- It has not been run in full-power mode. Dunno what the tests already done included.

- The section is not too unfitting. If some moderator thinks it belonged somewhere else, he can move it, anyways.

- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_Hadron_Collider , especially the last paragraph about "contruction accidents".

- http://press.web.cern.ch/press/PressReleases/Releases2007/PR06.07E.html for the seemingly official statement about LHC shedule.

 

EDIT: [nitpick] CERN is not a particle accelerator [/nitpick].

[Severian]

The LHC will be switched on sometime next summer. The initial run will just be calibration so don't expect any results too soon.

 

All the worlds particle physicists are waiting with baited breath...