New Glitch, Longer Shutdown for LHC

Scientists from CERN stated on Saturday that the Large Hadron Collider may be shut down for at least 2 months, following the leak of a large quantity of helium – used in order to cool one of the proton-guiding magnets – into the collider tunnel. This is the last and the worst out ... [ read more >> ]

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LHC Magnet