Fastest thing on Earth. Almost 
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It's first run was yesterday 9-10-08 and it was successful!
It's the largest Proton Accelerator in the World, by leaps and bounds. S.L.A.C. has nothing on this bad boy! CERN (Swisse and Franc) was successful today and guiding its first protons down the tunnel. Collisions to occur OCT 21!!! We will get insights into antimatter or darkmatter and how the early universe was formed. more info on the LHC! It's not linear it's a 18 mile loop! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_Hadron_Collider Most specific to the LHC… The Beams of Protons impart their energy into the Magnets. While operating, the total energy stored in the magnets is 10 GJ (equivalent to 2.4 tons of TNT) These immense energies are even more impressive considering how little matter is carrying it: under nominal operating conditions (2,808 bunches per beam, 1.15×1011 protons per bunch), the beam pipes contain 1.0×10-9 gram of hydrogen, which, in standard conditions for temperature and pressure, would fill the volume of one grain of fine sand. So that’s ~3000 bunches with about a trillion protons in each one being slingshoted around by electromagnetic force along 18 miles of track in a solid beam. Each particle speeds past the start finish line 11,000 times every second. 660,000 RPM. All of this weighs only .0000000001 of a gram of hydrogen. Which is the lightest atom on the periodic table. This has got to be the fastest thing on earth, well besides light. 99.999999% of light speed to be exact.
The Protons travel in opposite directions and collisions can occur at 4 intersection points. It’s like a trainwreck of two particles traveling nearly lightspeed that weigh almost nothing. When the bunches cross each other collisions are possible. The 3000 bunches (of ~1 trillion protons each) cross each others paths about every 50 nanoseconds and it can take from 10 up to 24 hours for collisions to occur. So that’s an occurance ratio of next to nothing. The change for a collision is very small. You’re talking about 3000 trillion particles whizzing right past narrowly missing each other 86 trillion times a day. A beam is made of 3000 bunches of 1 trillion proton atoms in each. This beam follows a 18 mile long track. The Beam would fill the volume of one grain of fine sand in standard conditions for temperature and pressure, The Beams of Protons impart their energy into the Magnets lining the tunnel. While operating, the total energy stored in the magnets is 10 GJ (equivalent to 2.4 tons of TNT) That much energy from such a teeenie tiny particle. The tunnel is kept at minus 450 degrees F. That’s 3.5 warmer than absolute 0, the temperature where all atoms cease to move. Michael LeCompte |
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mack73 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > History channel ran a series on the contstruction > of this thing back in 06. It was pretty amazing. > > Although some scientists claim this could be the > beginning of the end of the earth as it could > create a blackhole that will swallow the entire > planet..... > If it does We'll never see it comming... All my buddies tell me they're getting wasted on Oct 20th and are going to try and fuck anything that moves.
I'm sure hope these guys know what they're in for. > 94 Golf > www.Mack73.com That' Michael LeCompte |
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------------------------------------------------------- > I want a mini black hole! It would great for > cleaning up the front yard. (Volvo parts > EVERYWHERE) You're building a rally car; you already have your own black hole  Gone fishing |
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