News From Inside II : 2.36 TeV Collisions!

By Tommaso Dorigo in A Quantum Diaries Survivor

December 8, 2009

Ok, now it is public, so I can also broadcast it: LHC last night got the two proton beams to collide at 2.36 TeV total center of mass energy. You can see a few event displays here:

http://atlas.web.cern.ch/Atlas/public/EVTDISPLAY/events.html (from ATLAS),

http://lhcb-public.web.cern.ch/lhcb-public/en/Collaboration/LHCbEvDis.html (from LHCB).

I am still waiting for some public info from CMS... Stay posted for more colorful event displays!

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