By the end of the year, SURF Director Mike Headley hopes to finalize plans to get a clear idea of the geometry and dimensions of the two caverns to fit the future physics experiments.
A proposed funding program for small- and medium-scale projects reveals insights into the science, logistical challenges, and future of particle physics research.
Particle accelerators are some of the most complicated machines in science. Scientists are working on ways to run them with a diminishing amount of direction from humans.