China could start building world’s biggest particle collider in 2027
China could start building world’s biggest particle collider in 2027
The US$5 billion facility would be cheaper, bigger and faster to build than a similar one proposed by European scientists.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/17080518
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.
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.
Theres a good couple videos on the construction of the Americas collider's by YouTuber bobbybrocolli.
Give them a watch if you haven't.
Never understand the hype around building another larger particle collider. It's basically a huge money pits that produces limited results.
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.
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.
Indeed and with what I've seen with tofu-dreg projects in china I doubt that it would last.