pessimist said:This is an extremely speculative post. I came to know through a friend of mine, that his professor told him that CERN is going to announce by spring 2012 the closure of all Higgs and Supersymmetry related programs. I do not have any citation for this claim. More knowledgeable people can tell me if this is a true rumor.
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ZapperZ said:Some time, it is possible for news to get twisted around into an unrecognizable form from the original.
There is a PLANNED shutdown to upgrade the beam energy to the nominal value in 2012. It is NOT the "... closure of all Higgs and Supersymmetry .. " program. That would be utterly silly since you might as well shut down the collider for good.
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The current schedule is to continue proton collisions through Oct 2012 and ion collisions during Nov 2012. The "Long Shutdown" commences Dec 2012 and will last through 2013.CERN anyways extended the LHC run to search for Higgs to mid 2012
CERN's Higgs Program is a research program that focuses on studying the Higgs boson, a fundamental particle that is responsible for giving other particles their mass.
As of now, there are no plans to completely shut down the Higgs Program. However, there have been discussions about scaling back the program in order to allocate resources to other research areas.
CERN is constantly evaluating and adjusting their research priorities based on the latest scientific developments and funding availability. The Higgs Program, while important, is just one aspect of CERN's overall research efforts.
Possibly. Scaling back the Higgs Program could mean that fewer resources are dedicated to searching for new particles and making groundbreaking discoveries. However, CERN is still committed to pushing the boundaries of science and will continue to pursue new discoveries through other research programs.
The potential scaling back of the Higgs Program may have an impact on the scientific community, as there may be fewer opportunities for researchers to work on projects related to the Higgs boson. However, this could also open up new opportunities in other research areas at CERN.