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Islam Hassan
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If cosmic rays include particles with energies way way beyond what is achievable with classic colliders like the Tevatron and LHC, why not build light collision detectors and have them carried aloft. AFAIK altitudes of 20km-50km are possible with present high-altitude balloon technology. At such altitudes, the incidence of very very high energy collisions should be greatly increased.
Considering the US$ 9 billion total budget of the LHC and US$ 2 billion sunk cost of the SSC when cancelled, US$ 11 billion could have bought you boatloads of such low-cost balloon-borne collision detectors...
IH
Considering the US$ 9 billion total budget of the LHC and US$ 2 billion sunk cost of the SSC when cancelled, US$ 11 billion could have bought you boatloads of such low-cost balloon-borne collision detectors...
IH