CERN Operations Group leader Mike Lamont (foreground) and LHC engineer in charge Alick Macpherson in the CERN Control Centre this morning.
At just after 5:20 this morning, two 3. TeV proton beams successfully circulated in the Large Hadron Collider for the first time. This is the highest energy yet achieved in a particle accelerator, and an important step on the way to the start of the LHC research programme. The first attempt to collide beams at 7 TeV (3. TeV per beam) will follow on a date to be announced in the near future. "Getting the beams to 3. TeV is testimony to the soundness of the LHC's overall design, and the improvements we've made since the breakdown in September 2008," explained CERN's Director for Accelerators and Technology, Steve Myers.
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