The discussion revolves around rumors regarding the potential closure of CERN's Higgs and Supersymmetry programs, with a focus on the timeline and implications of planned upgrades to the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in 2012. Participants explore the validity of these claims and the context of CERN's operational schedule.
Participants express disagreement regarding the validity of the rumor about program closure. While some dismiss the rumor, others acknowledge the planned upgrades and express uncertainty about the implications for the Higgs program.
The discussion highlights the potential for miscommunication regarding CERN's operational plans and the importance of distinguishing between scheduled upgrades and program closures. There is uncertainty about the final decisions regarding energy increases and luminosity improvements.
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