Particle physics, podcasts and pajama party

We all know about the event at CERN, but what else is happening to markthis event?

That is where LHC First Beam Events <http://www.uslhc.us/first_beam>comes in.

It has information about what several U.S. institutions, involved in theconstruction and startup of the LHC, are doing. Probably the mostentertaining is the First Beam Pajama Party, held in Illinois atFermilab's Remote Operations Center, where it was around 2:00 am CentralStandard Time at the moment of the first beam in Geneva, Switzerland.

The sign in Fermilab's Wilson Hall said “Breakfast will be served," andcompared "supersymmetry pajamas" to "dark energy pajamas," among otherthings.

Source: International Science Grid