Scientists working at the Large Hadron Collider ( LHC ), housed at the European Center for Nuclear Research (CERN), announced the start of the awakening of the giant accelerator in order for 2015 to work.
Since the end of 2012 the LHC has been decommissioned in order to be upgraded to operate at higher energies. By using new equipment, technologystate-of-the-art and improved methods, the most complex machine ever built in human history is expected to next year be able to "collide" particles at energies of 14 TeV, twice what was needed to discover the Higgs boson in 2012. total cost of the upgrade is estimated at 3.2 billion euros.
So far, the researchers have successfully put into operation the portion that produces the proton bundles that will eventually lead to LHC, detaching the electrons from hydrogen atoms.
Next will be its activation smallery accelerator Linac2, which gives the initial boost to the protons, while the necessary subsequent thrusters will then be activated, since for its operation the LHC welcomes the particles with an already increased speed.
The process of activating the accelerator is expected to take about a year, with engineers already perfecting the control system, which should give warning in case something unexpected happens, like the 2008 electrical failure that delayed the program for months.
Εάν και ένας από τους κυριότερους στόχους του επετεύχθη με την ανακάλυψη του μποζονίου Χιγκς το 2012, ο LΗC μετά τα έργα αναβάθμισης που εκτελούνται θα επικεντρωθεί στην έρευνα για τη λεγόμενη νέα physics, ή αλλιώς τη φυσική πέρα από το Καθιερωμένο Πρότυπο, προσπαθώντας να δώσει απαντήσεις σε σύγχρονα προβλήματα όπως αυτό της σκοτεινής ύλης, της ύπαρξης της θεωρίας της υπερσυμμετρίας ή ακόμη και να ανιχνεύσει κρυμμένες διαστάσεις.
