The Large Hadron Collider malfunctions

Not very long after its launch last week, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has suffered some malfunctions which forced  a temporary shutdown. The malfunctions seem to come from the Collider’s cooling system, more precisely, a transformer that helps cool a part of the LHC.

Yesterday, CERN announced:

“The transformer, weighing 30 tonnes and with a rating of 12 MVA, was exchanged over the weekend. During this process, the cryogenics system was put into a standby mode with the two sectors kept at around 4.5 K. Since the beginning of the week the cryogenics team have been busy re-cooling the magnets and preparing for operation with beam, which is currently forecast for today.”

Still no word on the current status of the LHC, but we may once again face some serious theories.

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