Denis Overbye, a NYTimes science writer who I'm not particularly fond of because of his bent towards the sensationalistic and grandiose, had a
front page story today on the problems that are plaguing the LHC. None of the information is new, but it gives an accurate, if somewhat unflattering, update on the problems and repairs. The article is relatively good, i.e factual, except for a number of irritating quotes by hotshot theorists such as this gem from Nima Arkani Hamed:
“I want it to get up running. We can’t tolerate another disaster. It has to run smoothly from now.”
Well Professor Arkani-Hamed, would you like to take up a welding torch or get your hands messy with some magnet calculations? And why were you talking to him in the first place, Mr. Overbye?
Later this week CERN management will make a decision as to how much energy we will run at and for how long (something I will explain in a later post) so that will be some real news.
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