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Re: Whats the longest running forth database you have created?

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Albert van der Horst wrote:
> In article <kqkdsa$rqg$1@online.de>, Bernd Paysan  <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> wrote:
>> Mark Wills wrote:
>>
>>> What happens to the particles in an accelerator if you switch it off? Do
>>> they slow down?
>>
>> It's a linear accellerator, not a circular one like in Cern.  If you switch
>> it off, you better don't have particles in the accellerator.
>
> It is a very complicated apparatus, so it is not clear what is meant by switching
> it off. In case of a controlled shut down, switching off the particle injector
> is probably the first thing you would do. Not much different from what you do
> at CERN. ( I actually operated the large beam at CERN in 1970, turning it on
> and off. ) After milliseconds all particle are gone.
>

What crossed my mind was failure of vacuum pumps &/or integrity.
Been there. Done that. Have T-shirt for mass spectrometers.
That was ~half century ago ;/

IOW just WHAT shut down ;)

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    Re: Whats the longest running forth database you have created? Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2013-06-27 16:03 +0200
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