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Interview by phone: solarlife
"Who is in charge of the magic machine?
Solarlife: SL
Frank: FK machine engineer for the LHC collider Cern swiss
Frank explain us your magic LHC machine:
Frank: FK
I am the LHC machine engineer we control two factors: energy and intensity
SL-What is the security of the LHC collider or "BigBang" machine? I know you don't like the second word, but we have to live with it, it is now popular science.
FK-You are right I prefer LHC; the emergency security is called "Beam dump", the exit tube is filled with graphite. That's like on a highway downhill, an emergency line for trucks, going up the hill, to get the truck to a stillstand. In the case of the collider it is the graphite filling that dumps the energy beam to zero. SL-did you need the beam dump for the last accident? FK-No, we just switched off the electricity. I am doing particle physics since 15 years, that's normal, we learn, like in the computer industry.
SL-Did you ever have fear for mankind with the "Bang & Blackhole" stories out there?
FK-No, I have Family, my wife is expecting our second child, no really not. But I admit for myself, we have not been prepared for such a public interest, comparable to the moon landing. Our PR did not think of all the bloggers, only mainstream press.
SL-You should have thought about crowd powered media ?
FK-Well,that's why I try this NP Interview, I lived and worked in California. I know Americans are interested in technology. SL-What will your boss say? FK-We will see. For me new, everbody can upload to this article (SL: images) ?? I work in the science team with almost 1000 people at CERN switzerland for the collider, so you will help me ?
SL-thanks for trusting Solarlife
Complete Interview tomorrow Tuesday Sept-23, all invited for comments !!!
Channel: world, Solarlife, title: "Frank and the magic machine", live interview LHC cern swiss
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