 The SSC site in 2008 | |
| General properties | |
|---|---|
| Accelerator type | Synchrotron |
| Beam type | proton |
| Target type | Collider |
| Beam properties | |
| Maximum energy | ~40TeV[1] |
| Maximum luminosity | 1×1033/(cm2⋅s)[1] |
| Physical properties | |
| Circumference | 87.1 kilometers (54.1 mi)[1] |
| Location | Waxahachie, Texas |
| Coordinates | 32°21′51″N 96°56′38″W / 32.36417°N 96.94389°W |
| Institution | United States Department of Energy |
| Dates of operation | Never completed |
The Superconducting Super Collider (SSC) (also nicknamed the "Desertron"[2]) was a particle accelerator complex under construction in the vicinity of Waxahachie, Texas, United States.
Its planned ring circumference was 87.1 kilometers (54.1 mi) with an energy of 20 TeV per proton and was designed to be the world's largest and most energetic particle accelerator. The laboratory director was Roy Schwitters, a physicist at the University of Texas at Austin. Department of Energy administrator Louis Ianniello served as its first project director, followed by Joe Cipriano, who came to the SSC Project from the Pentagon in May 1990.[3] After 22.5 km (14 mi) of tunnel had been bored and about US$2 billion spent, the project was canceled by the US Congress in 1993.[4]
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- ^ Cramer, John G. (May 1997). "The Decline and Fall of the SSC". The Alternate View column. Analog Science Fiction and Fact Magazine. Archived from the original on October 10, 1997. Retrieved May 9, 2011.
- ^ "In Memory of Louis Ianniello". JOM. Minerals, Metals & Materials Society. October 2005. Archived from the original on March 28, 2015. Retrieved August 17, 2012.
Ianniello initiated the effort to construct the Superconducting Supercollider as the first project director, established the organization, led the project through the first crucial 15 months defining the Texas site specific baseline, and led the project through initial Congressional approval
- ^ Weinberg, Steven (May 10, 2012). "The Crisis of Big Science". New York Review of Books. 59 (8).(subscription required)