Timeline for Has the next particle accelerator been designed yet?
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| Oct 6, 2018 at 12:36 | answer | added | Frederic Thomas | timeline score: 0 | |
| Aug 24, 2018 at 20:08 | comment | added | dmckee --- ex-moderator kitten | @Nov For a historical parallel, compare the records of SLAC and LEP/LEP II with those of high-energy hadron machines running at the same time. The rule of thumb we give to particle physics students is hadrons at higher energies and luminosity lead to discoveries, but leptons yield much higher precision measurements (especially of fundamental interaction constants). EIC type schemes are intended for high precision measurements of nucleon and nuclear parameters. Like I said above, there is more than one goal in particle physics no matter how pop-sci source focus on just highest energies. | |
| Aug 24, 2018 at 18:25 | comment | added | user164839 | @JonCuster could we possibly detect SUSY with it? | |
| Aug 24, 2018 at 18:10 | comment | added | Jon Custer | @Nov - the ILC is colliding electrons and positrons. Totally different physics from protons. | |
| Aug 24, 2018 at 18:09 | comment | added | user164839 | @dmckee What would be the point of the ILC if it only powers up to 3 TEV? Don’t we know we won’t see anything since the LHC runs at 14 TEV? | |
| Aug 24, 2018 at 17:20 | comment | added | dmckee --- ex-moderator kitten | In addition to what @Jon said, there isn't a next particle acceleration. Because there isn't one goal in particle physics and rarely only one way to get to the goal you pick. So there are always conceptual designs floating around looking for money and there are often several proposed projects chasing any pool of money that is expected. Currently on the horizon (that I'm aware of): the ILC and a couple of electron-ion collider designs. A muon collider is still a bit blue sky but people start to droll when its brought up. | |
| Aug 24, 2018 at 17:09 | comment | added | Jon Custer | Conceptual design, preliminary design, final design. Fantasy design? Lots of steps in a design process most of which happen when it gets funded... | |
| Aug 24, 2018 at 16:55 | history | asked | user164839 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |