Fermilab Stops Smashing Hadrons, Looks Into Smashing Muons
Muon Collider Conceptual Layout Fermilab via ArsHadrons are so last-decade anyhow Tomorrow Fermilab researchers will power down their Tevatron particle collider for the final time, marking the end of an era. But for some, that era is so over anyhow. Hadrons, like last season's handbag, have had their time in the spotlight. The next hot trend in physics is muons, and all the cool kids know it. That's why Fermilab physicists are already taking a hard look at muon colliding technologies as a possible next move in the game of international physics research. Here's where the game stands. America dropped the ball when it dumped millions into the Superconducting Supercollider only to shutter the project back in the ‘90s. It was the next step in particle physics after Tevatron but it never was completed. CERN took up the mantle of high powered particle physics and now has the LHC, which stands...