IT’S just a gleam in the eyes of physicists now, but a state-of-the-art
linear particle accelerator could be built in Germany, the US or even Japan.
Scientists are vying for the chance to host a new particle smasher that could
shed light on conditions in the Universe a split second after the big bang.
“People seem to have the feeling that only one or maybe two will be built,”
says Gerhard Materlik of the DESY accelerator lab in Hamburg. “I’m sure that at
least one of them will be built—we hope in Hamburg.”
Last week, DESY published plans for…
