Well, the good news is that there’s a definite schedule in mind for the restart of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). (See related posts below for more.) We can resume licking our chops in anticipation of exciting new physics of various sorts! I learned about this from US LHC Blogs with posts by Steve and Peter. Some key things (apparently from a widely circulated email that heralds an official press release to follow soon) are as follows. First, Steve’s synopsis of the schedule:
* First beam in Sept 2009, collisions in Oct 2009
* Short break during Holidays
* Extended run in 2010, until Autumn
and a line directly from the email:
The new schedule also permits the possible collisions of lead ions in 2010.
Hurrah!
-cvj
