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Why CERN Wants to Build a Giant Particle Smasher
CERN plans to build a Future Circular Collider (FCC) to study the Higgs boson and explore fundamental questions about the universe.
September 29, 2024
Key Points
- 1CERN is proposing a Future Circular Collider (FCC), which would be more than 90 km long, to serve as a Higgs factory.
- 2The Higgs boson explains how the Big Bang happened 13.7 billion years ago — it reveals why particles have mass.
- 3The LHC will complete and shut its operations in 2041.
- 4CERN is expected to file a feasibility report by 2025, investigating the technical, financial, geological, and environmental impact of the project.
Important Terms
CERNFCCHiggs BosonLarge Hadron ColliderParticle Physics
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