posted on Aug, 21 2008 @ 10:05 PM
Hi Doc,
They've detailed their startup plan
here. They'll start
circulating beams at about 6% of the design collision energy for tests in early September. If all goes well they will ramp up to about 70% of
collision energy by the end of the year (at which point it will have become the world's most powerful collider), and go up to full energy sometime
next year.
"I believe we witnessed a test of this machine a few weeks ago when the skies were observed changing in Toronto, London and other places around the
globe. Interesting."
. I'm not sure how you imagine the LHC could have caused this, especially since it has not been turned on yet. They've been testing magnets for
years down in the underground tunnels, but I've never noticed darker skies when magnets turned on.
Addendum:
Hmmmm, I've edited this twice now to insert the url using the standard tools. If it doesn't work this time I've pasted the url below.
press.web.cern.ch...
[edit on 21-8-2008 by MrSheepish]
[edit on 21-8-2008 by MrSheepish]