Large Hadron Collider officially opened

The European Center for Nuclear Research (CERN) passes the inauguration ceremony (the official opening) Greater Hadron Collider (BAC). It was opened by the Director of CERN, Robert Aymar (Robert Aymar). The ceremony was attended by representatives of all countries taking part in the construction of BAC, as well as Swiss President Pascal Kushpen (Pascal Couchepin) and Prime Minister of France Francois Fiyon (Francois Fillon). Recall the tunnel in the world's largest particle accelerator is being held on the territories of France and Switzerland at a depth of 100 meters below ground.

Among the Russian participants in the ceremony was Minister of Education and Science Andrei Fursenko.

The program of activities in addition to speeches, participants BAC includes various exhibitions, audio-visual concert and tasting dishes molecular cuisine, the website reported CERN.

The inauguration ceremony is taking place despite the breakage of the collider. Work BAC was stopped 19 Sept., 2008. About 100 of the 9300 magnets peregrelis and withdrew from the superconducting state. As a result of an accident in the tunnel accelerator produce about six tons of helium.

Preliminary results of the investigation took place showed that became the cause of failure in the electrical circuit caused when the amperage in the dipole magnet. The corresponding press release published on the site CERN. Repair collider would take several months. Proton again begin to circulate on the ring BUCK not until the spring of 2009.