From LHC and on to ILC or CLIC?

REUTERS: Robert Evans

GENEVA, June 20 (Reuters) - A British scientist on Wednesday was put in charge of two major global projects that it is hoped will result in the construction of a new collider - or particle accelerator - that can shed light on the mysterious make-up of the universe.

Lyn Evans, a 66-year-old physicist from Wales who is currently project leader for the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), will help decide which of the two projects becomes the template for a single so-called linear collider.

When built, the new collider will be expected to push the boundaries of research by building on findings garnered from the existing LHC, the world's biggest particle accelerator, to advance humankind's knowledge of particle physics and the cosmos in general.

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