Supersized LHC proposed as next-generation collider
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.027501
Nature : CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) began operations in 2008 and discovered the Higgs particle in 2012. It still hasn’t operated at its full 14-TeV energy. But plans are already being put forward for a Very Large Hadron Collider. On 2 November Michael Peskin of SLAC in Menlo Park, California, presented plans to a US government advisory panel for an 80- to 100-km-circumference collider—the LHC’s circumference is 27 km—that would be capable of reaching 100 TeV. CERN too is developing a plan for a similarly sized next-generation collider. But the international particle-physics community is also prioritizing already established projects: The LHC is undergoing upgrades for the next two years to reach its 14-TeV capacity, and development of the International Linear Collider in Japan is under way.
