The Large Hadron Collider could not reach its full energy level in the first attempt Tuesday due to a problem with the electrical system that supplies to other experiments too along with the LHC at CERN.
But the delay is only temporary (about 2 hours approximately) said CERN representatives' webcast. CERN is the European Organization for Nuclear Research in Geneva.
The electrical anomaly affected the underground particle accelerator. This particle accelerator which by the way is huge in size, has been developed to investigate the nature of dark matter, antimatter, a particle known as Higgs boson, and various other physics matters relating to history of universe.
The accelerator could not reach its full energy level of 7 trillion electron volts (7 TeV).
Operations head Mike Lamont said on the webcast, "Midday, with a bit of luck, we'll be back in the machine," and added that around 1.30 p.m. they expect the accelerator to reach full power.
Philippe Bloch, head of the CERN physics department said on the webcast, "We have a lot of work in front of us in the next few years and we can wait a few more minutes," , referring to the attempt to restart the LHC to full energy level.
On March 19, Large Hadron Collider had reached half energy, 3.5 TeV.
