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The U.S. has contributed $531 million to the construction of the Large Hadron Collider, the world's largest particle collider, located in Europe. From the LHC Remote Operations Center at Fermilab, U.S. scientists will participate in the startup of the machine. >>
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>Isn't the tevatron a much smaller machine. the long term prospects are for the more powerful LHC to produce greater results though in the short term the tevatron may find indications of the Higgs Boson (here endeth my knowledge of particle physics) .
Yes, I'm just surprised sometimes that for a country going broke, it sure spends a lot of money...
Even though its returns may be smaller in the longrun, it may beat the LHC for the race for the 'God Particle:'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7893689.stmAlso, I couldn't find (quickly) how much the U.S. government contributed to Tevatron and how much was private spending.
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