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Accelerator

 Circle Line accelerator
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this proposal is to turn London Underground's Circle line into a particle accelerator to rival Cern there's plenty of power,a circular ring of around 30Km(?)as for the accelerator magnets, they could be mounted on rolling stock until neededthere are plenty of candidates for siting the experiments in side tunnels. Imperial college is just a proton's throw away And I'm sure Ken Livingstone would approve
—giligamesh, Nov 09 2006

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       I would just like to say I am not smart enough to comment on this idea.
—Chefboyrbored, Nov 09 2006
   

       Why not turn it into a commuter collider? You could try to discover new types of people particles by re-routing the tracks.
—wylie_coyote, Nov 09 2006
   

       Is it really circluar? I mean, to within a reasonable tolerance.
—Texticle, Nov 09 2006
   

       No.
—DrCurry, Nov 09 2006
   

       Great, this would mean delays due to the wrong kind of particle on the line.
—oneoffdave, Nov 09 2006
   

       "Is it really circluar?"
Does it need to be?
—phoenix, Sep 10 2008
   

       Glasgow underground would work better because it's closer to being circular (and is in Glasgow and therefore inherently superior to anything in London anyway).   

       However, i like the idea and i wonder if it could be combined. You'd have evacuated tubes, so less drag, and maglev which could accelerate the trains beyond the speed of sound at sea level.
—nineteenthly, Sep 10 2008
   


 

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