Comment by awjlogan
19 days ago
Maintainance and upgrades. These big shared facilities they are shutdown regularly and researchers work flat out while they're up.
19 days ago
Maintainance and upgrades. These big shared facilities they are shutdown regularly and researchers work flat out while they're up.
Doesn't power costs also affect shutdown periods? I know that CERN would shutdown in winter due to increased power costs and power demands around then. I suppose something similar may affect accelerators in the US.