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Super Collider Scheduled for Reopening in December

August 2nd 2009 19:58
LHS
Side view of the large hadron collider.


The super collider, also known as the large hadron collider (LHS), was originally designed as a field test for the big bang theory as well as to prove the existence of many hypothesized particles including the Higgs bosom. Built by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), it is also the largest and highest energy particle accelerator which has the capability of colliding and smashing together atoms. However, just a few days after the large hadron collider was successfully started, two helium leaks disrupted the machine.


The helium which was used to cool the machine into superconductive state is estimated to cost around $35 million in repairs. In order to prevent this from happening again, they are planning to individually inspect each of the nearly ten thousand interconnections used by the collider.

A spokesperson for the company said, “We have to be absolutely certain that when we switch on this time, it stays switched on.”

If no additional problems are found, CERN is planning to restart the collider in November.

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