Large particle accelerator stops working due to mating bite

In particular, a ferret blew off the wire in a 66 KV transformer, causing the entire system to suddenly lose power and, finally, the entire experiment was taking place at the large particle accelerator LHC must be stopped. again. This unfortunate animal was also ripped by too much electricity and not only laboratory equipment but also power outages across CERN.

"I can confirm that we had a power failure all night," said CERN spokesman Arnaud Marsollier, "and we anticipate that this could be caused by a small animal." It would take a few days before new LHC maintenance was performed before the LHC returned to normal operation, accelerating the particles and letting them collide. However Marsollier said that this incident did not affect experimental equipment and could be repaired simply.

Large particle accelerator LHC.

However, this is not the first time that CERN scientists have witnessed this tragic situation. Remember, in 2009, a similar blackout occurred at the LHC and was caused by a bird dropping a piece of bread right into the substation. However, according to Marsollier, this is just a rumor and he said: "This is a story told but we can not know exactly what happened. We are in the countryside and there will be species. wildlife ".

Known before the shutdown, the LHC is preparing to bombard the proton beam again before actually suspending the experiment before winter. "Recently we have done low intensity collisions, this is part of the plan, we have checked everything is working well, the detectors are ready to operate ". Scientists at CERN are still searching for the signature of a mysterious 750 grams of gigaelectronvolts, which are predicted based on previous data. However, with this incident, scientists will probably be Take a break before continuing.