> "Geneva, 25 August 2008. CERN has today announced the success of the
> second and final test of the Large Hadron Collider’s beam
> synchronization systems which will allow theLHCoperations team to
> inject the first beam into theLHC.
>
> Friday evening 22 August, a single bunch of a few particles travelled
> down the transfer line from the Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS)
> accelerator to theLHC. After a period of optimization, one bunch was
> kicked up from the transfer line into theLHCbeam pipe and steered
> counter-clockwise about 3 kilometres around theLHC.
>
> “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 theLHC,” said Lyn Evans,LHCProject Leader.
>
> Both the counter-clockwise and clockwise tests are part of the
> preparations to ready theLHC, the world’s most powerful particle
> accelerator, for the eventual acceleration and collision of two beams
> at an energy of 5 TeV per beam. This unprecedented event is foreseen
> to take place by end 2008.
>
> Upcoming events markingLHCstart-up
> 10 September: The first attempt to circulate a beam in theLHCwill be
> made on 10 September at the injection energy of 450 GeV (0.45 TeV).
> This historical event will be webcast throughhttp://webcast.cern.ch,
> and distributed through the Eurovision network. Seehttp://www.cern.ch/lhc-first-beam
> for further details.
>
> 3 October: CERN will host theLHCGrid Fest, a celebration of theLHC
> Computing Grid, a global computing grid designed to handle 15 million
> gigabytes ofLHC-related data every year. The day will feature
> presentations, demonstrations, tours of the CERN Computer Centre and
> more. Seehttp://www.cern.ch/lcg/lhcgridfestfor more details."
>
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