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xaq_the_aereonFor those of you who feared that the Earth was going to implode on itself from events resulting from the experiments taking place at the Large Hadron Collider...relax, you got a few more days.
Apparently, a transformer in the unit blew out this morning, causing the temperature within the device to rise from 2 degrees Kelvin to 4.5 degrees Kelvin, so they're taking some time to swap the part out and try again.
Personally, I think the most the LHC is gonna do is, at worst, implode on itself and take out no more than a few hundred square feet, or explode with the force of a miniature nuke. What I expect most to happen, though, is for the whole device to get up to speed, go through all its experiments without a hitch, and teach us absolutely nothing.
At which point I'm going to laugh my ass off at the wasted efforts.
EDIT:
Oh goodie. MORE problems.
Apparently, a transformer in the unit blew out this morning, causing the temperature within the device to rise from 2 degrees Kelvin to 4.5 degrees Kelvin, so they're taking some time to swap the part out and try again.
Personally, I think the most the LHC is gonna do is, at worst, implode on itself and take out no more than a few hundred square feet, or explode with the force of a miniature nuke. What I expect most to happen, though, is for the whole device to get up to speed, go through all its experiments without a hitch, and teach us absolutely nothing.
At which point I'm going to laugh my ass off at the wasted efforts.
EDIT:
Oh goodie. MORE problems.
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Date: 9/21/08 23:03 (UTC)There's no such thing as a degree kelvin. The term degree only applies to indirect measurements, like Celsius or Fahrenheit. It's simply two kelvins. (Also, lowercase except when using the phrase "Kelvin scale") http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelvin
As for the actual content, the LHC probably won't reveal anything new. At least not until after it's scheduled upgrade in 2010. What we'll see for the next year or so is corroboration of existing experiments.