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'What CERN Does Next Matters For Science and For International Cooperation'
CERN faces a pivotal decision about its future as the Large Hadron Collider approaches the end of its usefulness by the early 2040s. Management proposes building the Future Circular Collider (FCC), a machine with a 90-kilometer circumference that would smash particles at eight times the energy of th...
Management proposes building the Future Circular Collider (FCC), a machine with a 90-kilometer circumference that would smash particles at eight times the energy of the LHC. Much of the required technology doesn't exist yet, including superconducting magnets strong enough to bend high-energy particle beams.The project also lacks the clear rationale that the LHC had in finding the Higgs boson. Nature's editorial board adds: Unless some nations step up with a major infusion of cash, the FCC faces an uncertain prospect of being funded.
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