Scientists from B.C. will lead the way on the Canadian contribution to upgrades on the Large Hadron Collider in Europe.
Ottawa announced June 25 it’s granting $10 million towards the famed particle accelerator at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN).
Another $2 million is coming from Triumf, the national particle accelerator centre based on the University Endowment Lands near Vancouver.
Experts from Triumf will be working on building five new particle accelerator components known as “coldboxes” or superconducting crab cavity cryomodules.
The coldboxes function as sophisticated deep freezers that cool down subatomic particles and allow scientists to manipulate the particles before they collide.
The technology will allow scientists to increase the number of collisions.
The Triumf experts are expected to spend five years designing and fabricating the upgrade components.
“We are very pleased with Canada’s contribution to the HL-LHC [High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider] project, which is another important milestone in a long-standing, fruitful collaboration with CERN. The technology and expertise of TRIUMF and Canadian industries, working with the strong particle physics community in the country, will be crucial for the realisation of very ambitious accelerator components for the next major project at CERN,”
CERN director-general Fabiola Gianotti said in a statement.
