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Article: DATA-TAKING DRESS REHEARSAL PROVES WORLD'S LARGEST COMPUTING GRID NOW READY FOR LARGE HADRON COLLIDER RESTART

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July 18, 2009
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BATAVIA, Ill., July 1 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory issued the following press release:

The world's largest computing grid has passed its most comprehensive tests to date in anticipation of the restart of the world's most powerful particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The successful dress rehearsal proves that the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid (WLCG) is ready to analyze and manage real data from the massive machine. The United States is a vital partner in the development and operation of the WLCG, with 15 universities and three U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratories from 11 states contributing to the project.

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