![]() The SSC, meanwhile, has suffered the fate of Ozymandias. Two decades later, it appears that they have. ![]() Construction began near Waxahachie, Texas, in 1991, but two years, $2 billion, eight buildings, and 14 tunnel miles later Congress decided that, given the project's escalating costs and a $255 billion budget deficit (in those days, that seemed like a lot), perhaps we ought to let the Swiss score this scientific breakthrough. It could have happened here if the United States had completed the Superconducting Super Collider, a $12 billion particle collider conceived in the early 1980s that was going to be bigger and faster than the Geneva facility. (I'm a little hazy on the details.) Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva reported today that they think they glimpsed the elusive (and heretofore theoretical) particle, but they can't be sure. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which North Carolina State University assumes no responsibility.The scientific world is in a state of high excitement over the prospect of finally isolating the Higgs boson, the subatomic "God particle" that gives, or conveys, or accounts for the existence of, mass. This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. The NC State University Libraries claims only physical ownership of most Special Collections materials. The nature of the NC State University Libraries' Special Collections means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC Use of these materials , Superconducting Super Collider (SSC) Collection, MC 00332, Scope/contentįor more information contact us via mail, phone, or our web form. Construction of the Superconducting Super Collider was begun near Waxahachie, Texas, but the project was cancelled by Congress in 1993. In 1988, Waxahachie, Texas was selected as the location best suited for the Superconducting Super Collider. The eleven billion dollar project was awarded, however, to a site in Texas that was advocated by then Vice President George H. The North Carolina site proposal was submitted in August 1987 and chosen in December 1987 by a committee from the National Academy of Sciences as one of seven of the final sites possible in the United States for construction of the project. Out of the twenty-five possible locations that were considered, North Carolina was deemed the best nationally in terms of the most important site criterion: geology. North Carolina was considered as a possible location for the Superconducting Supercollider and a building site was chosen that extended the circular underground structure through areas in Durham, Granville, and Person counties. ![]() It was initially suggested in 1982 by a National Reference Designs Study with its design completed and construction approved by 1987. The Superconducting Super Collider (SSC) was to be a ring particle accelerator, proton-proton collider, and high-energy physics laboratory that was to have had a ring circumference of fifty-four miles. Academic Departmental Library Representatives. ![]() Chancellor's Faculty Excellence Program. ![]()
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