William Atkins
Monday, 25 August 2008 19:02
Science -
Energy
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On Monday, August 25, 2008, CERN officials announced that the second and final test of the beam synchronization systems for its Large Hadron Collider (LHC) was accomplished successfully.
The first synchronization ("synch") test of the
LHC, which is located underground under the border between France and Switzerland near Geneva, Switzerland, was conducted successfully on Friday, August 8, 2008 as reported in the iTWire article “
First ‘synch’ test for Large Hadron Collider successful.”
With the completion of this final synch test, the first beam can now be injected into the LHC by the LHC team with CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research).
This event will take place some time after October 21, 2008, which is the day that CERN official are scheduled to officially unveil their Large Hadron Collider to the public.
This final synch test was conducted on Friday evening August 22, 2008.
The press release “
Final LHC Synchronisation Test a Success” stated
“… a single bunch of a few particles travelled down the transfer line from the Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) accelerator to the LHC. After a period of optimization, one bunch was kicked up from the transfer line into the LHC beam pipe and steered counter-clockwise about 3 kilometres around the LHC.”
LHC project leader Lyn Evans stated afterwards, “
Thanks to a fantastic team, both the clock-wise and counter-clockwise tests went without a hitch. We look forward to a resounding success when we make our first attempt to send a beam all the way around the LHC.”
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