Large Collider to hit full speed in weeks

Published: 12:22AM Tuesday March 02, 2010

Source: Reuters
Particle beams are recirculating in the "Big Bang" collider at the Swiss-French border following a short break and are expected to reach maximum velocity in two to four weeks, a CERN spokesperson says.

"We had a technical stop over Christmas and that has finished. The beams are circulating again," Barbara Warmbein, press officer at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN), told Reuters.

Collisions at the highest possible energy level, emulating conditions in the moments after the creation of the universe 13.7 billion years ago, should occur within two to four weeks, the spokeswoman said.

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