• Question: is the large hadron collider currently off?

    Asked by to Alan, Deepak, Francesca, Lilly, Nick on 17 Mar 2014. This question was also asked by .
    • Photo: Francesca Day

      Francesca Day answered on 17 Mar 2014:

      Yes, that’s right! At the moment, they’re working on upgrading it so that it will collide particles at a even higher energy.

    • Photo: Deepak Kar

      Deepak Kar answered on 17 Mar 2014:

      Yes, it is now off, which we call a shutdown. Basically this is for maintenance and upgrade, so that electronics components that failed can be replaced, and some others can be updated to the latest versions. We will start off again in early 2015, and the plan is to increase the collision energy.

      P.S – Please also see my comment on your other question 🙂

    • Photo: Alan Fitzsimmons

      Alan Fitzsimmons answered on 17 Mar 2014:

      Yes, it comes back on next year after the upgrades. If you visit this year, you can go down into the tunnel and see the collider !

    • Photo: Nick Wright

      Nick Wright answered on 19 Mar 2014:

      Yes at the moment they’re upgrading it so that it will be better, sort of making it into a Super-Large Hadron Collider. Cool, yeah?

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