CERN has advanced its plans for a new particle accelerator, the Future Circular Collider (FCC), with a recent feasibility study, estimating a cost of 15.32 billion Swiss francs to develop a 91-kilometre circular tunnel by the mid-2040s. This project aims to enhance research on the Higgs boson and other particles. While a second phase could cost an additional 18.8 billion Swiss francs and is expected to be ready by 2072, final decisions on the FCC and funding strategies remain pending, as CERN embarks on a review of its long-term scientific strategy.
CERN's release of a feasibility study for the Future Circular Collider marks a crucial step towards potentially building a massive particle accelerator to explore fundamental physics.
The FCC is proposed to cost 15.32 billion Swiss francs for its first phase, enabling precision studies of Higgs boson by the mid-2040s.
CERN's director general stated that if implemented, the FCC could be humanity's most extraordinary tool for probing the laws of nature at fundamental levels.
The second phase of the FCC, which would involve colliding protons, is anticipated to cost an additional 18.8 billion Swiss francs and not launch until 2072.
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