[ Reuters: Top News] "Big Bang" collider to restart in spring 2009
Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 7:30 pm
GENEVA (Reuters) - The huge particle collider built to simulate the conditions of the "Big Bang" will not restart until spring 2009 after a weekend technical glitch, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) said Tuesday.
A helium leak into the tunnel housing the biggest and most complex machine ever made forced CERN to shut down its Large Hadron Collider (LHC) Saturday, just 10 days after starting it up.
CERN Director-General Robert Aymar said this was a psychological blow a
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A helium leak into the tunnel housing the biggest and most complex machine ever made forced CERN to shut down its Large Hadron Collider (LHC) Saturday, just 10 days after starting it up.
CERN Director-General Robert Aymar said this was a psychological blow a
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