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Beam "within the hour"

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The beam has just made it to point six. Lyn Evans says he thinks beam will be circulating around the machine in an hour's time. "I think we're making very good progress," he says.

Meanwhile, CMS has reportedly seen tracks from the beam as it crashes into a beam stop upstream from their machine.

Incidently, if you're wondering where the beam is, here's a map of the LHC. They're currently injecting the beam all the way around to sector 6-7. Sector 6-7 has never been done before apparently, so hopefully no surprises.


image: CERN

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