III. Purpose of the LHCThe LHC is an important machine that allows scientists to go further back in time and into unknown parts of matter. The results of experiments performed in the LHC are difficult to predict because the experimental ideas are at the limits of our understanding. The LHC project aims to discover new facts about the origins of our universe and to educate us about the matter that surrounds us and exists in the universe beyond. CERN (2009) emphasized that the Standard Model of particles and forces can summarize our current knowledge relating to particle physics. This model was established through several experiments and has proven to be successful in discovering new particles that already existed before, but without our knowledge. However, there are issues left unexplained that are interconnected in this model (Ekeren, 2013). One of these inexplicable questions is the origin of mass. It has not yet been explained why heavy particles exist and why some have no mass at all. This has been attributed to the Higgs mechanism. The Higgs mechanism highlights the existence of the 'Higgs field' that fills the entire space and the acquisition of mass by particles occurs through interaction within these fields. Theoretically, these particles that interact strongly within the field are heavy and those that have weak interactions are light. A particle known as the Higgs boson can be associated with determining the existence of the Higgs field and can be detected using the LHC (Ekeren, 2013; CERN, 2009). Another unexplained problem is that there is no unified description of the fundamental forces since it is difficult to theorize about gravity involving other forces. The Supersymmeter... at the center of the article... theorized in the Higgs boson and has been proven to be the Higgs boson itself. It was detected through the CMS and ATLAS detectors which showed peak intensities of 124-125 GeV (Bethke, 2005; Ekeren, 2013; Alison, 2012). Since one of the disadvantages of LHC experimentation includes diminishing returns, considerations for upgrading devices involving brightness, energy and detectors have been proposed. These findings lead to the proposal of larger hadron colliders such as the Super Large Hadron Collider or the Very Large Hadron Collider. By 2013-2015 plans were made to upgrade the LHC (the proposed High Luminosity LHC). Ongoing research collaborations by scientists and engineers are carried out through the LHC Accelerator Research Program (LARP) to enable them to achieve the goal of answering all the unexplained questions regarding particle physics..
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