Large Hadron Collider hits world record proton acceleration

A world record has been broken by the Large Hadron Collider.

A number of upgrades were made to the facility during the three-year hiatus, which ended on Friday. The new operating phase, called Run 3, is being prepared and put to the test, and the new improvements are already being put to the test.

The particle accelerator is the most powerful in the world. The beams of protons were accelerated to a higher energy in a test run after being switched back on.

The two pilot beams of protons were accelerated for the first time to a record energy of 6.8 TeV per beam. This operation is part of the activities to recommission the machine in preparation for the summer of 2022, according to the statement.

After a 3-year shutdown, the Large Hadron collider will explore the cutting edge of physics.

Today the two #LHC pilot beams of protons were accelerated, for the first time, to the record energy of 6.8 TeV per beam. 🎉 After #restartingLHC, this operation is part of the activities to recommission the machine in preparation of #LHCRun3, planned for the summer of 2022. pic.twitter.com/8NZ6nNJSVfApril 25, 2022

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The particles are accelerated towards each other. Particle physicists can explore the extreme limits of our physical world with the help of these high-energy beams.

During the planned shutdown, the energy of the protons was set to increase from 6.5 to 6.8 TeV. One teraelectronvolt is equivalent to 1 trillion electron volts and is roughly equivalent to the energy of a mosquito flying. This might seem like a small amount of energy, but for a single protons it is an incredible amount of energy.

The facility is used to explore a wide range of mysteries including dark matter and breaking apart our understanding of physics. The new upgrades have both switched on and worked as they were supposed to.

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