LARGE HADRON COLLIDER IS AT THE READY
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/36264/description/Large_Hadron_Collid...
By Ron Cowen
Web edition
Monday, September 8th, 2008
On September 10, the world's largest particle accelerator will start up
Late tomorrow night, pajama-clad scientists around the world will get ready to celebrate a
long-anticipated wake-up call for particle physics. On September 10, researchers will for
the first time attempt to circulate a beam of protons around the 27-kilometer-long
circular tunnel of the Large Hadron Collider, poised to become the world’s most powerful
particle accelerator.
Although actual collisions between two proton beams aren’t expected to happen until
October, the September 10 event is being billed as a milestone for the accelerator, which
has been in the works for more than 15 years. The event will be streamed from
http://webcast.cern.ch/
http://lhc-first-beam.web.cern.ch/lhc%%2Dfirst%%2Dbeam/satellite.html