Hi, all!
It feels like forever since the LHC last delivered proton-proton collisions (… in early November). There was a very productive stretch of heavy-ion collisions followed by the usual winter shutdown, and then a few weeks of machine development that ended… just now.
Yes: The first stable beam p-p collisions of the year are happening at this very moment! As always, you can see the LHC status live: here.
The 2011 dataset promises to be EPIC. Stay tuned — lots of physics to come!
— Burton 😀
