Originally posted by Tsen
But what is heat? The reason a particle separated from an atmosphere wouldn't generate heat is because heat is the vibration/kinetic energy of particles. A particle in an accelerator IS moving, but there's no other particles for it to collide with.

Anyway, I've been waiting for the LHC for a while now. I think I've got a blog on its progress bookmarked somewhere...
link please, I've become interested