Thursday, 29 September 2011
American 'Big Science' Lurches as US Atom Smasher Shutdown Looms
Is "big physics" in America coming to an end?On Friday, physicists will shut down the facility's accelerator called the Tevatron, a once-unrivaled atom smasher that has been eclipsed by its European successor, the Large Hadron Collider, buried beneath the border of France and Switzerland.For some at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, or Fermilab, it will be a somber moment, akin to losing a family member. Others wonder whether it signals a lack of commitment to high-level particle
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