Atom smasher logs first strikes
Swiss collider’s ultimate goal: Re-create instant after big bang
Posted: November 24, 2009 at 4:52 a.m.
Steve Myers and Rolf Heuer of the European Organization for Nuclear Research talk to reporters about the Large Hadron Collider on Monday in Meyrin, Switzerland.
The world’s largest atom smasher made another leap forward Monday by circulating beams of protons in opposite directions at the same time and causing the first particle collisions in the $10 billion machine after more than a year of repairs, organizers said.
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