Så, idag postades nu en artikel på arXiv om att det inte heller är någon risk att det flytande heliumet som kyler magneterna ska spontanexplodera och bilda ett svart hål som äter jorden det heller.
http://arxiv.org/abs/0809.4004
Det verkar som om CERN har lärt sig läxan att inte underskatta människors dumhet och tidningars sensationslystnad utan faktiskt bemöter alla crackpot-teorier som dyker upp istället för att skratta bort dem, hur avlägsna, paranoida eller konspiratoriska de än är.
Citat:
Even if something unknown to science caused Helium to collapse or to form
molecules, this would simply heat the Helium until it was no longer superfluid.
The LHC Helium system is specifically designed to dissipate heat. The LHC
magnets and cryogenics are well prepared for a similar situation in which the
magnet spontaneously becomes non-superconducting (quenching), releasing the
stored magnetic field energy as heat.
Citat:
Unlike astrophysical Super-Novae, the end result of a Bose-Nova cannot be
a black hole.
Citat:
Even if some fantastic physics in violation of Quantum Mechanics somehow
enabled Helium molecules to undergo a Bose-nova-style collapse resulting in nuclear
reactions, Helium has no energetically allowed nuclear products in any twobody
fusion or exothermic scattering mode.
Citat:
In conclusion, there is no science whatsoever, speculative or otherwise, which
suggests that anything dangerous could happen in the Helium cooling system of
the LHC. Experience in a hundred years of use in all kinds of physics experiments,
as well as in high energy particle physics, indicate beyond any reasonable
doubt that Helium is safe and cannot undergo any kind of unforeseen catastrophic
explosion.