(April 5, 2015 at 12:14 pm)Alex K Wrote: Nope, just testing - getting the beams up to speed is a matter of minutes or hours (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.
It makes me a little bit giddy that I can just ask you questions about the LHC. You rock!
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