tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34480619.post4447418475984175894..comments2024-03-11T13:47:03.621-05:00Comments on Physics and Physicists: LHC Setback Is Not SurprisingZapperZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15861398273820851809noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34480619.post-29650205898309445492008-09-27T16:12:00.000-05:002008-09-27T16:12:00.000-05:00Hi Ben,None of the ATLAS people have been around t...Hi Ben,<BR/><BR/>None of the ATLAS people have been around the past week or so (hum, I wonder if they're hiding?), so I didn't quite get all the inside details on the nature of the failure. All I can go by is what have been published and reported. So based on those alone, I don't see this as being a systemic problem, but rather isolated.<BR/><BR/>Still, even if they have to do the same preemptive repair, it isn't a major issue, only time-consuming. Since they are going to be down till spring anyway, this isn't going to affect their schedule.<BR/><BR/>Zz.ZapperZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15861398273820851809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34480619.post-10279149823206391342008-09-27T15:51:00.000-05:002008-09-27T15:51:00.000-05:00Hi Z! Thanks for the link. You're right that the i...Hi Z! Thanks for the link. You're right that the issue is whether it's a show stopper, which I don't think this one is. Any word, though, on whether this is isolated to the magnet that failed, or are they going to have to preemptively repair more of them?Ben Lilliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07311612647895683075noreply@blogger.com