LHC Lives Again!

[beamjockey]

The Symmetry blog reports that a few hours ago, CERN circulated protons around the Large Hadron Collider.

This cheerful news marks a milestone in a long recovery from the accident of 19 September 2008. Congratulations to all those involved. May the journey of commissioning be smooth and speedy.

Comments

[erikvolson]

What they didn't tell you is they put a bottle of hydrogen gas into a cart and drove them around.

Alas, the collision energy isn't that spectacular.

[kevinnickerson]

It's spectacular enough when it hits the counter rotating cart of O2.

[archiver_tim]

If you say 'break a leg' to an actor, do you say 'break an atom' to a collider?

[stickmaker]

Well, this answers the question... "Will it go 'round in circles?" :-)

[samwinolj]

Wait, I thought I had until 2012 before the world came to an end...

[ffutures]

And because Torchwood wasn't there everything went perfectly...