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Large Hadron Collider reaches milestone
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April 01, 2010
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The Large Hadron Collider—the world's largest science
experiment—shattered records Tuesday by successfully colliding particle
beams at a combined energy of 7 tera electric volts (Te V). This marks a
milestone in the collider's progress, and will usher in the beginning of
up to two years of intensive investigations.

In just a few hours, detectors along the LHC's 17-mile tube recorded
500,000 collision events. Two beams of protons were sent in opposite
directions, each with a force of 3.5 Te V, guided by thousands of large
electromagnets.

Guido Tonelli, a spokesman for one of the detectors, said "Major
discoveries will happen only when we are able to collect billions of
events and identify among them the very rare events that could present a
new state of matter or new particles." 

The LHC will eventually shut down for about a year to prepare for 14-Te
V collisions. Scientists will ultimately sift through information on
billions of collision events, in hope that the results will lead to a
"new era in science". 

== Related news==
* Large Hadron Collider restarted
* Large particle accelerators to explore the frontiers of physics

== Sources ==
* http://lhc-machine-outreach.web.cern.ch/lhc-machine-outreach/lhc_glossary.htm}}
* http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sciencetoday/2010/0401/1224267465255.html}}



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