Large Electron Positron Collider

From: DavidBowman (dt041054_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 01/17/05


Date: 16 Jan 2005 19:24:03 -0800


>>From the gusiness world record site.

Does anyone know why in the world they dismantled this device? That's
the dumbest idea since shutting down hubble.

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The world's largest scientific instrument (and arguably the world's
largest machine) is the Large Electron Positron Collider. It is a
circular tube 3.8 m (12 ft 6 in) in diameter and 27 km (17 miles) in
circumference. It is situated in a giant donut-shaped tunnel 100 m (330
ft) below the area around the Swiss-French border in Geneva. The
machine began operating in 1989 and was officially closed down at 8 am
on November 2, 2000.



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