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Re:What happens if you stick your head in a particle acceler... by jasonwatkinspdx on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @02:11AM (#28125606)
Probably just a very small hole and beefing up the vacuum equipment near it. From what I recall the LHC beam is on the scale of a couple micrometres.
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Re:What happens if you stick your head in a particle acceler... by zaarn on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @07:00AM (#28127264)
No you just fire it through the wall of the vacuum chamber. When you're going >99% the speed of light a couple inches of metal don't matter that much anymore.
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