Theoretical physicists have filled in the Standard Model—a set of equations describing the interactions among the universe’s fundamental particles. In 2012, CERN’s Large Hadron Collider put the final button on the tuxedo when it found the Higgs boson. Now, however, it’s the not-so-secret mission of the LHC to build an improved model by discovering new physics: science that will finally explain the dark matter that holds the universe together, the dark energy that’s accelerating universal expansion, and why antimatter disappeared after the big bang. The Standard Model is about to be yesterday’s paradigm.
The Hadron Collider Is Smashing Old Ideas
It’s the not-so-secret mission of the LHC to build an improved model by discovering new physics.
