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To: NormsRevenge
1.18 trillion electron volts

How many amps in this and what do they do with the energy after they collide do they like light up a city for a nano minute or what?

6 posted on 12/09/2009 9:26:58 PM PST by guitarplayer1953 (Romak 7.62X54MM, AK47 7.62X39MM, LARGO 9X23MM, HAPINESS IS A WARM GUN BANG BANG YEA YEA)
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To: guitarplayer1953

1.18 trillion electron volts = 1.89056823 × 10-7 joules


9 posted on 12/09/2009 9:41:45 PM PST by The Magical Mischief Tour
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To: guitarplayer1953
1.18 trillion electron volts

This is the kinetic energy of each particle in the ring, and is to be compared to the "rest energy" of the particle given by E=mc2. For protons, this is about 1 Gev, so they have 1000 times as much kinetic energy as rest energy.

Nevertheless, I'm sure the thing draws plenty of power. According to Wikipedia, each of the two beams carries 362 million joules = 100.555556 kw-hrs ( hmmmmmm ), and I'm sure that's the tip of the iceberg for power consumption.

Ah, here you go: LHC Energy consumption . "CERN predicted total for the year 2009 with LHC fully operational is around 1000 GWh"

... and BTW, it's HADRON ... sheesh.

17 posted on 12/09/2009 10:50:30 PM PST by dr_lew
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