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Re:This is what the LHC sounds like by adam_d on Friday May 29, 2015 @02:25AM (#9623038)
Interesting! But these aren't the first sounds I've heard from the LHC. They're at least predated by this:

http://lhc-collimation-project.web.cern.ch/lhc-collimation-p...

These are recordings of the noise made when a beam is thrown away at the end of a run. They're fairly terrifying...

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Re:This is what the LHC sounds like by alxndr on Friday May 29, 2015 @03:16AM (#9623184)
Holy cow, doesn't sound comfortable to be near.

(More about a collimator is: http://www.lhcportal.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=459 )

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Re:This is what the LHC sounds like by Turing_Machine on Friday May 29, 2015 @11:27PM (#9628795)
Yeah, I guess. Unless I messed up the calculations, the four batch impact is carrying about 2 million joules.
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