Giant collider's troubles mount
Bad magnets stand in way of particle acceleration
Posted: August 10, 2009 at 2:34 a.m.
The magnet core of the large Hadron Collider particle accelerator near Geneva is shown in this photo.
The biggest, most expensive physics machine in the world is riddled with thousands of bad electrical connections.
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Business, Pages 19, 20 on 08/10/2009
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