In a September 2008 incident at the LHC, electrical current resistance heated this area until liquid helium burst into a gas, damaging the LHC and forcing a delay in operation and an amended design.
July 6, 2010 4:00 AM PDT
Photo by: Maximilien Brice/CERN
| Caption by: Stephen Shankland
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