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Quantum fields
Fields that exist everywhere in space, with particles as excitations or ripples in these fields.
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The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) accelerates particles to 99.9999991% of light speed using powerful magnets in a 27 km tunnel.
Particles are ripples in quantum fields, not fundamental units, with the Higgs boson discovered via LHC proton collisions.
The Future Circular Collider is planned to be 100 km in circumference, costing about 30 billion euros, targeting completion by 2070.
B quarks oscillate between matter and antimatter, providing insights into why the universe is predominantly matter.
Supersymmetry, a theory predicting super partners for particles, remains unproven after a decade of LHC data.
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