alt.hn

5/20/2025 at 3:37:05 PM

Autopsy of an LHC Beam Dump

https://home.cern/news/news/accelerators/autopsy-lhc-beam-dump

by voxadam

5/21/2025 at 4:56:36 AM

When I was in undergrad I helped assemble parts of the detector for the LHC beauty project. Didn't understand a lick of the physics, I was just a lowly lab assistant. But it was still pretty cool. Thanks for sharing.

by andrewrn

5/20/2025 at 6:48:28 PM

Love how often photos from inside CERN are indistinguisable from a sci-fi themed AAA game.

Cutting-edge engineering at its finest.

by RetroTechie

5/24/2025 at 11:58:46 AM

All I could think of was Half-Life. "Gordon!! The upstream extruded graphite disc has indeed been cracked!!"

by ashleyn

5/24/2025 at 11:53:22 AM

> from inside CERN are indistinguisable from a sci-fi themed AAA game

On that topic... Are there any games that plays out inside specifically CERN?

by diggan

5/25/2025 at 12:35:11 AM

In Steins;Gate (VN/anime) a fictional CERN is the main antagonist https://steins-gate.fandom.com/wiki/SERN

Just a shot of the LHC though, no other scenes with their facilities.

Apparently CERN also appears its sister series Robotics;Notes, but I might play it someday so I won't spoil myself on how.

by machinate

5/24/2025 at 2:00:31 PM

Speaking of the beam dumps, looks like they just had to use them while I was reading. (Something about a fault with quench protection in sector 12. Hopefully the magnets are fine)

by tux3

5/24/2025 at 8:52:10 PM

Is it the steel casing that becomes radioactive, or just the graphite itself? What sorts of transmutations are happening?

by exabrial

5/20/2025 at 6:30:21 PM

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by barbazoo