Arguably, the 27 km Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN in Switzerland has exceeded expectations. The reason why is because it was built primarily to “complete” the Standard Model of particle physics. It did so over 10 years ago by confirming the existence of the Higgs boson which confers mass to gauge bosons that mediate the strong and weak forces. By extension it is believed the Higgs boson is responsible for all forms of particle rest mass.
The real reason to build a bigger supercollider
The real reason to build a bigger…
The real reason to build a bigger supercollider
Arguably, the 27 km Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN in Switzerland has exceeded expectations. The reason why is because it was built primarily to “complete” the Standard Model of particle physics. It did so over 10 years ago by confirming the existence of the Higgs boson which confers mass to gauge bosons that mediate the strong and weak forces. By extension it is believed the Higgs boson is responsible for all forms of particle rest mass.