Eliezer Rabinovici, the president of the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) and professor emeritus of physics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, has backed China's bid to construct the world's largest particle collider. During his visit to China in April, Rabinovici expressed confidence in Chinese scientists' capacity to undertake this significant project. Currently, CERN operates the world's biggest particle accelerator, Large Hadron Collider (LHC), housed within a circular tunnel spanning 27km in circumference. It located beneath the Swiss-French border.
China's proposed Circular Electron Positron Collider (CEPC), or Higgs factory, would surpass the LHC with its impressive 100km circumference. The ambitious project, estimated to cost around CNY 36 billion (nearly $5 billion), is still awaiting final approval from the Chinese government. This proposal has ignited intense debate among scientific circles and the general public in China. Physicist and Nobel laureate Yang Chen-ning earlier voiced opposition toward the project, saying China has more acute needs to deal with.
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