1070 GeV in a single beam at LHC, topping Tevatron

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The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) achieved a significant milestone by ramping one of its beams to an energy level of 1180 GeV, surpassing the Tevatron's previous record of 980 GeV. Although the beam was lost at 1070 GeV, this still represents a record high energy for the LHC. The Tevatron never operated at 1070 GeV for collisions, as its maximum operational energy was optimized for reliability. This achievement marks a pivotal moment in high-energy physics, with the LHC expected to maintain this energy level until 2010.

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Woit's blog just reported "A few minutes ago, one of the beams of the LHC was ramped up to an energy of 1180 GeV, besting the Tevatron’s top beam energy of 980 GeV.

Update: Actually the beam was lost at 1070 GeV, which is still a record high energy."
http://www.math.columbia.edu/~woit/wordpress/?p=2542
The post is dated 29 November 4:01 PM east coast time which would be about 22 hours Greenwich.
 
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I'm not 100% sure the Tevatron never ran at 1070 GeV, although it certainly never collided at that energy. The 980 GeV that it runs at was selected as the best balance between energy and reliability.

In any event, it's moot, as the LHC made it all the way to 1180 GeV (where it will stay until 2010) a few hours later.
 

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