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‘The physics community has never split like this’: row erupts over plans for new Large Hadron Collider
- Plans are underway to build the Future Circular Collider (FCC) beneath the Swiss-French border, costing over $30bn.
- The ambitious project could potentially drain funding for other research areas, sparking controversy.
- Critics argue that the mega-collider is being imposed on physicists without proper consultation.
- The proposal has divided the physics community, leading to concerns about the future of particle physics.
- Cern defends the FCC as offering a unique opportunity to explore fundamental aspects of the universe.
- The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at Cern discovered the Higgs particle in 2012 but faces closure by 2040.
- Cern's new collider aims to address unresolved mysteries in physics, such as dark matter and antimatter.
- Concerns exist about the cost, feasibility, and potential monopolization of funds by the FCC project.
- Some scientists suggest exploring alternative technologies like linear accelerators for particle acceleration.
- Decisions about the FCC could shape the future direction of particle physics research for generations to come.
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