CEPC will be the birthplace of millions of Higgs bosons.
China is preparing to make a major breakthrough in particle research. In the next three years, the country may start construction of the Round Electron-Positron Collider (CEPC) – the world's largest particle accelerator. This ambitious project will require a whopping investment of 36 billion yuan (about 5 billion US dollars) and ten years of hard work. However, it can open up new horizons in understanding the fundamental laws of the universe.
If the grandiose plan is implemented, China will strengthen its position at the forefront of global scientific research. Scientists from all over the world will follow the development of this unprecedented project, which has the potential to change humanity's understanding of the nature of matter and energy.
The Standard Model is a theoretical construct that scientists use to explain the world around us. Despite this, it is not able to explain such fundamental questions as the force of gravity, as well as dark matter and dark energy. To learn more about the structure of atoms, scientists turned to particle colliders. The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), built by CERN, uses protons and heavy ions in its experiments. In 2012, experiments revealed the Higgs boson, also known as the" God particle", which gives mass to atomic particles. Soon after, China offered to build a CEPC, but the project has not yet received final approval to start construction.
Experiments at the CEPC are expected to produce millions of Higgs bosons, which is why the project is also known as the"Higgs Factory." Last December, the project published a "technical project report" prepared over five years of work by more than 1,000 scientists from 24 countries, which passed international expertise.
The report also contained details of numerous prototype particle colliders built in China and several experiments conducted in the last decade. If the project is implemented, it will help China take a leading position in the world in the field of high-energy physics.
However, the ambitious CEPC project has faced a wave of harsh criticism from venerable scientists, including Nobel Prize winner Chen Ning Yang. In 2016, they publicly questioned the need for such large-scale and expensive construction in the current reality, when China has to solve a whole range of urgent tasks, such as accelerated economic development, environmental protection and many others.
Chen Ning Yang sharply criticized the project's exorbitant cost of 36 billion yuan. The Nobel laureate dubbed CEPC a "bottomless pit" for funding and warned that the experiment could repeat the fate of the US Superconducting Super Collider closed in the 1990s due to uncontrolled cost increases.
Skeptics are convinced that the enormous funds needed to build the CEPC would bring immeasurably greater benefits if invested in solving current problems of energy, ecology, health and other vital areas. They urge that the pros and cons should be weighed as carefully as possible before Beijing gives the final green light to this unprecedented mega-project.
In response to criticism from opponents, Wang Yifang, director of the Institute of High-Energy Physics in Beijing and the initiator of the ambitious CEPC project, fervently defends its necessity. According to the scientist, the stated cost of 36 billion yuan (about $ 5 billion) is not at all excessive for such a large-scale scientific undertaking.
Wang Yifang is convinced that the construction of the CEPC is an investment in the future, which will provide employment for thousands of brilliant minds for many decades. The giant collider will become a powerful engine for the development of particle physics and the entire scientific and technological potential of China.
The scientist firmly believes that the fundamental discoveries that experiments at CEPC will inevitably lead to will pay for all costs many times over. Wang strongly rejects the fears of skeptics who predict a repeat of the sad fate of the American Super Collider, and insists on the absolute expediency of the megaproject to strengthen the position of the Middle Kingdom in the science of the future.
It is not yet clear when the project will be submitted to China's National Development and Reform Commission for approval. The technical project report assumes that the project will be financed through a combination of state and local budgets, as well as contributions from international partners.
According to Wang, the CEPC project is now entering the engineering design phase, where the collider components will be mass-produced, and the project's performance and cost-effectiveness will be optimized.
The location for the project has not yet been selected, but three potential locations have already been selected. Construction work may begin by 2027.
In Europe, CERN is also planning to build a future Circular Collider. This project is comparable in scale to CEPC and is expected to cost US $ 23 billion, the SCMP added in its report.
The scientific world is holding its breath ahead of a crucial battle between two giant particle accelerators. If both projects are implemented, humanity will be able to look into the most hidden corners of matter and highlight the key mysteries of the universe.
European physicists do not hide their ambitions to get ahead of China and be the first to build a new-generation megacollider. They are confident that the FCC, which inherited the best technologies of the Large Hadron Collider, will make breakthrough discoveries in the field of fundamental interactions.
An unprecedented race of giants in the field of high-energy physics is unfolding. Time will tell which side will be first. But it is already clear that the world is on the verge of epochal discoveries that will change our understanding of the universe.
China is preparing to make a major breakthrough in particle research. In the next three years, the country may start construction of the Round Electron-Positron Collider (CEPC) – the world's largest particle accelerator. This ambitious project will require a whopping investment of 36 billion yuan (about 5 billion US dollars) and ten years of hard work. However, it can open up new horizons in understanding the fundamental laws of the universe.
If the grandiose plan is implemented, China will strengthen its position at the forefront of global scientific research. Scientists from all over the world will follow the development of this unprecedented project, which has the potential to change humanity's understanding of the nature of matter and energy.
The Standard Model is a theoretical construct that scientists use to explain the world around us. Despite this, it is not able to explain such fundamental questions as the force of gravity, as well as dark matter and dark energy. To learn more about the structure of atoms, scientists turned to particle colliders. The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), built by CERN, uses protons and heavy ions in its experiments. In 2012, experiments revealed the Higgs boson, also known as the" God particle", which gives mass to atomic particles. Soon after, China offered to build a CEPC, but the project has not yet received final approval to start construction.
What is known about CEPC?
The CEPC project is planned to be used to work with electrons and positrons to understand their true nature. The experiments will be conducted in a 100-kilometer-long tunnel where electrons and positrons can be accelerated to extremely high energies before colliding. For comparison, the tunnel used by CERN is 26.7 kilometers long.Experiments at the CEPC are expected to produce millions of Higgs bosons, which is why the project is also known as the"Higgs Factory." Last December, the project published a "technical project report" prepared over five years of work by more than 1,000 scientists from 24 countries, which passed international expertise.
The report also contained details of numerous prototype particle colliders built in China and several experiments conducted in the last decade. If the project is implemented, it will help China take a leading position in the world in the field of high-energy physics.
However, the ambitious CEPC project has faced a wave of harsh criticism from venerable scientists, including Nobel Prize winner Chen Ning Yang. In 2016, they publicly questioned the need for such large-scale and expensive construction in the current reality, when China has to solve a whole range of urgent tasks, such as accelerated economic development, environmental protection and many others.
Chen Ning Yang sharply criticized the project's exorbitant cost of 36 billion yuan. The Nobel laureate dubbed CEPC a "bottomless pit" for funding and warned that the experiment could repeat the fate of the US Superconducting Super Collider closed in the 1990s due to uncontrolled cost increases.
Skeptics are convinced that the enormous funds needed to build the CEPC would bring immeasurably greater benefits if invested in solving current problems of energy, ecology, health and other vital areas. They urge that the pros and cons should be weighed as carefully as possible before Beijing gives the final green light to this unprecedented mega-project.
In response to criticism from opponents, Wang Yifang, director of the Institute of High-Energy Physics in Beijing and the initiator of the ambitious CEPC project, fervently defends its necessity. According to the scientist, the stated cost of 36 billion yuan (about $ 5 billion) is not at all excessive for such a large-scale scientific undertaking.
Wang Yifang is convinced that the construction of the CEPC is an investment in the future, which will provide employment for thousands of brilliant minds for many decades. The giant collider will become a powerful engine for the development of particle physics and the entire scientific and technological potential of China.
The scientist firmly believes that the fundamental discoveries that experiments at CEPC will inevitably lead to will pay for all costs many times over. Wang strongly rejects the fears of skeptics who predict a repeat of the sad fate of the American Super Collider, and insists on the absolute expediency of the megaproject to strengthen the position of the Middle Kingdom in the science of the future.
A fierce debate erupts between supporters and opponents of the CEPC
Beijing will have to make a difficult choice - whether to give the green light to an ambitious experiment or focus on other, more mundane tasks of national development.It is not yet clear when the project will be submitted to China's National Development and Reform Commission for approval. The technical project report assumes that the project will be financed through a combination of state and local budgets, as well as contributions from international partners.
According to Wang, the CEPC project is now entering the engineering design phase, where the collider components will be mass-produced, and the project's performance and cost-effectiveness will be optimized.
The location for the project has not yet been selected, but three potential locations have already been selected. Construction work may begin by 2027.
In Europe, CERN is also planning to build a future Circular Collider. This project is comparable in scale to CEPC and is expected to cost US $ 23 billion, the SCMP added in its report.
The scientific world is holding its breath ahead of a crucial battle between two giant particle accelerators. If both projects are implemented, humanity will be able to look into the most hidden corners of matter and highlight the key mysteries of the universe.
European physicists do not hide their ambitions to get ahead of China and be the first to build a new-generation megacollider. They are confident that the FCC, which inherited the best technologies of the Large Hadron Collider, will make breakthrough discoveries in the field of fundamental interactions.
An unprecedented race of giants in the field of high-energy physics is unfolding. Time will tell which side will be first. But it is already clear that the world is on the verge of epochal discoveries that will change our understanding of the universe.
