Large Hadron Collider at CERN - University of Edinburgh
Large Hadron Collider at CERN - University of Edinburgh
Large Hadron Collider at CERN - University of Edinburgh
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LHC vital st<strong>at</strong>istics• Will eventually collide two 7 TeV proton beams withbeam currents <strong>of</strong> 600mAE=mc 2 gives 14TeV=>0.15g (a fly)Total energy stored in beam is 350MJ (90kg <strong>of</strong> TNT)• Uses 1232 superconducting NbTi dipole magnets tobend beams round the ring• Beam pipe has vacuum <strong>of</strong> 10 -13 <strong>at</strong>mospheres• Total power required to run LHC is 120MW• Total cost to construct LHC was 3Billion Euros(not including tunnel which was constructed for LEP)More details on design <strong>at</strong> http://lhc.web.cern.ch/lhc/Current st<strong>at</strong>us <strong>at</strong> http://www.lhcportal.com/17.03.2010 St<strong>at</strong>us <strong>of</strong> the LHC - Steve Playfer3
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