Tag Archives: CERN

The Journey of a proton in the LHC

by Francisco Luis Benítez Posted on 09/12/2009 by Francisco Luis Benitez

Surfing the net you can always find valuable findings that can explain complicated concepts in a visual description that make them accessible. On numerous occasions I have published posts on the operation of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) on ... Continue reading →

The Atlas is already in action! (More on the LHC)

by Francisco Luis Benítez Posted on 22/10/2009 by Francisco Luis Benitez

Already in the first collision preparation of large detector at the LHC: ATLAS (A Toroidal LHC Apparatus). It has started to operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Test has been starting for the ... Continue reading →

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The LHC will be activated in November

by Francisco Luis Benítez Posted on 28/08/2009 by Francisco Luis Benitez

According to an official statement from CERN Press Office, dated August 9, the LHC will start next November, a day to be determined. The LHC was launched last ... Continue reading →

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More eyes in space to observe the Universe

by Francisco Luis Benítez Posted on 13/05/2009 by Francisco Luis Benitez

At the end of Hubble's operational life of NASA, ESA put in orbit last Herschel and Planck telescopes (two successful names for space observation). Two scientific missions of the European Agency of ... Continue reading →