LHC achieves record collisions, starts gathering data

LHC achieves record collisions, starts gathering data | TG Daily

he two 3.5 TeV beams have been circulating in opposite directions since March 19. Once scientists were confident that the beams were stable, they were allowed to collide with a combined energy of 7 TeV.

It will take some time for any new discoveries to filter through, although data is already being analyzed, according to CERN spokesman Guido Tonelli.

“We’ll address soon some of the major puzzles of modern physics like the origin of mass, the grand unification of forces and the presence of abundant dark matter in the universe. I expect very exciting times in front of us,” he said.

The next stage will be to aim for collisions at 14 TeV – although that won’t happen until the end of a maintenance shutdown planned for the end of this year.