RE: LHC starting up again
April 5, 2015 at 12:14 pm
(This post was last modified: April 5, 2015 at 12:17 pm by Alex K.)
(April 5, 2015 at 10:58 am)SteelCurtain Wrote: I saw this on NPR and thought I'd ask you about it.
What exactly is happening in the two months before the beams get to full speed? Is it testing the whole time or does it take that long to get the beams up to speed?
Nope, just testing - getting the beams up to speed is a matter of minutes (I'll have to check). They have to dump the beams and make new ones all the time during regular operation because the beams lose brightness and focus over time. If you look at the chart above you'll notice this red saw-like line. That's the luminosity of the beam - you notice it slowly going down and then getting dumped and restarted many times.
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