LHC finally online!

[x88x]

Up and running, first collision was at 7 TeV today at 13:06 CEST (6:06 EST).

Hurray!

http://press.web.cern.ch/press/Press.../PR07.10E.html

And the world is even still here!

[mDust]

And the world is even still here!

The black holes obviously haven't gotten to your area yet. They've unleashed hell here in Michigan. There's not much left...oh wait, it was always like this.

They're gonna need more than a day to destroy the world.

[SXRguyinMA]

lmao

[silverdemon]

They're gonna need more than a day to destroy the world.

Well, actually they are not up to full power yet... They used proton-beams (doesn't that sound nice ) with an energy-value of 3.5 TeV (Tera electron-Volt) each, so the collision was at an energy level of 7 TeV...

The LHC is actually build to accomodate two proton-beams of 7 TeV, so they are just up to 50% of their max. But don't panic yet, they are expecting to not reach those energy levels before 2013, so we have 3 years left before the world will be sucked into the first man-made black hole...

(on a serious note though.. you know this will not happen because the mass of the black-holes that might occur is far to little to cause any damage at all...)

[mDust]

(on a serious note though.. you know this will not happen because the mass of the black-holes that might occur is far to little to cause any damage at all...)

I was always taught that it was the intense gravity due to incredible amounts of mass that made a blackhole a blackhole. I mean, it takes wicked gravity to make photons do a 180...and ironically, blackholes must be incredibly bright with all the light that they trap. I really don't understand the concept of "tiny" blackholes at all.

Another thought: do they have they're own dedicated powerplant? I can't think of a customer that energy companies would love more...as long as they pay their bills on time.

[Luke122]

My understanding is that they are tapped into grids all over Europe to supply it, but they also have generators and backup power of their own.

[x88x]

Well, actually they are not up to full power yet... They used proton-beams (doesn't that sound nice ) with an energy-value of 3.5 TeV (Tera electron-Volt) each, so the collision was at an energy level of 7 TeV...

Yeah, I thought I remembered them saying that, but I wasn't sure when that would be.

But don't panic yet, they are expecting to not reach those energy levels before 2013, so we have 3 years left before the world will be sucked into the first man-made black hole...

Hmmm, sounds right in line for 2012-12-21 ...

[Luke122]

Yeah, I thought I remembered them saying that, but I wasn't sure when that would be.



Hmmm, sounds right in line for 2012-12-21 ...

[nevermind1534]

The black holes obviously haven't gotten to your area yet. They've unleashed hell here in Michigan. There's not much left...oh wait, it was always like this.

They're gonna need more than a day to destroy the world.

lol

It is very warm here today, though.

[artoodeeto]

my girlfriend's been losing a bunch of things lately...I bet a rogue mini-black hole is to blame.

@ mDust -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro_black_hole

happy reading (I love this stuff...took astronomy in college and read the textbook cover to cover in a couple weeks...it helped that I already knew about half of it)