China could start building world’s biggest particle collider in 2027 (www.nature.com)
from schizoidman@lemmy.ml to technology@lemmy.world on 20 Jun 04:49
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xenomor@lemmy.world on 20 Jun 05:08 next collapse

I would like to understand how the size/capability of this proposed facility compares to both CERN and also the never completed Superconducting Supercollider. I will never get over the fact that, as Americans, we could have had a huge lead in this research. We started to build it, then decided to stop.

Technus@lemmy.zip on 20 Jun 05:38 next collapse

America doesn’t do anything big unless it’s to beat either China or Russia. Maybe this collider will be the impetus we need to build a bigger one.

vinyl@lemmy.world on 20 Jun 23:17 collapse

Theres a good couple videos on the construction of the Americas collider’s by YouTuber bobbybrocolli.

Give them a watch if you haven’t.

pmarcilus@discuss.tchncs.de on 20 Jun 21:26 collapse

Never understand the hype around building another larger particle collider. It’s basically a huge money pits that produces limited results.

vinyl@lemmy.world on 20 Jun 23:19 next collapse

Indeed and with what I’ve seen with tofu-dreg projects in china I doubt that it would last.

terminhell@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 20 Jun 23:39 collapse

I think (and I’m by far no particle physicists) that generally the larger the collider, the better the results can be. Also allows for more energetic collisions with potential discovery of new particles.

pmarcilus@discuss.tchncs.de on 22 Jun 03:13 collapse

Particle physicists had their chance on trying prove the existence of any new particles with CERN and their newest project but ultimately they failed to discover any. First, it’s too costly. Second, their theory on bridging the major two theories (relativity and quantum physics) with the assumably new particles is simply too complicated that involves a lot of constants compared to other theory models. There are better way to advance the progress of academic physics, but building a new collider would not help.

GeneralVincent@lemmy.world on 22 Jun 04:49 collapse

they failed to discover any

Pretty sure you’re wrong there

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_Hadron_Collider

Am I missing something perhaps? I actually remember the Higgs boson discovery in the news, and wiki says they discovered a bunch of new particles.