Comments on: Why Don’t We Know When the LHC Will Restart?

By: steeleweed

steeleweed — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:42:47 +0000

Actually The Internet is not all that complicated. It has comparatively few types of components – it just has a lot of each type. A gallon of water isn’t complicated just because it has a lot of molecules.

A linotype (for those of us old enough to remember) was complicated.

By: David

David — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:57:15 +0000

If you have two cooling towers, they both need to be cleaned. That was just an example to put in a press release, obviously they have already thought of it, and the schedule reflects it. But it is meant to show how hard it is to include every possible contingency, and have a perfect schedule.

As for the question of why build it now, why not wait… there is another issue, people. If there are no new accelerators or particle experiments for too long, there will be no new grad students, no new postdocs, no new professors, and the knowledge and abilities will evaporate. The US space program, and nuclear weapons programs, are facing the same problem, unless they keep active development going, the talent and abilities get lost.

By: Sili

Sili — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 13:28:45 +0000

How expensive can a cooling tower be?! Why not have a spare so that they can swap back and forth?

Sheeesh.

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By: greg

greg — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:57:48 +0000

I would rate the LHC and the space shuttle as fantastic, complicated machines. As such, instant gratification should not be expected. It takes some effort to get all those ducks in order. Not so sure how “complicated” a machine the internet is.

By: Eugene

Eugene — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:41:16 +0000

I think they should have build the water tanks on the French side of the border.

By: Michel

Michel — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:24:25 +0000

How can a REGULAR thing disrupt a schedule ?? But looking fwd to the work of these fantastic scientists

By: Brian137

Brian137 — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:50:13 +0000

I am very excited anticipating various possible discoveries and the exploration of terra incognita. I feel as if I have been invited to an excellent restaurant, and someone else is paying. Waiting a few minutes for a table is OK. I appreciate the LHC team’s deliberate pace, emphasizing caution and thoroughness. The LHC will be the World’s only circular collider for a long time, so I am planning to savor.

By: mandeep gill

mandeep gill — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:26:25 +0000

Ah — cold comfort, i get it — hah!!!! hoooowheeeee!!!

Sorry, felt compelled to say that. ;->

To Paul [NB: a cosmologist, but yet HEP-interested, nice to see]: good points, but remember Paul that the SSC would have been built by 2000 or sooner if physicists had had their way — and the LHC too. so yeah, we’re fully constrained by the politics of the world, alas, however badly we want to know something..