Timeline for Energy of the particles in the particle accelerator
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| Mar 29, 2019 at 3:16 | comment | added | dmckee --- ex-moderator kitten | "Second, the protons continuously lose energy [...] so you have to continuously put in energy just to keep them going around at the same speed." And you have to keep the magnets energized and coolant for the superconducting parts chilled and so on. The power cost is so substantial that the operators of major accelerators call the electric utilities to let them know in advance when they are going to fire up the machine in earnest so that the power company can make sure they have enough reserve capacity on-line to manage the demand (they might very well bring an additional power plant up). | |
| Mar 28, 2019 at 6:58 | comment | added | cmaster - reinstate monica | $300\cdot10^{12}$ particles times $0.00000121J$ gives $363 MJ$... | |
| Mar 28, 2019 at 1:36 | history | answered | G. Smith | CC BY-SA 4.0 |