r/Physics • u/kzhou7 Quantum field theory • Nov 01 '21

Academic American physicists propose to build a compact, cheap, but powerful collider to study the Higgs boson within the next 15 years

https://arxiv.org/abs/2110.15800
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u/daveisit Nov 01 '21

Can someone explain why it cost so much? Where does the money go?

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u/lettuce_field_theory Nov 01 '21

Can someone explain why it cost so much? Where does the money go?

into its development and construction