Autopsy of an LHC Beam Dump

18 voxadam 2 5/20/2025, 3:37:05 PM home.cern ↗

Comments (2)

RetroTechie · 3h ago
Love how often photos from inside CERN are indistinguisable from a sci-fi themed AAA game.

Cutting-edge engineering at its finest.

barbazoo · 3h ago
From ChatGPT:

> At the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), beam dumps are crucial safety and operational systems designed to safely absorb and dissipate the enormous energy carried by the particle beams when they are no longer needed or must be aborted.