Ready for the next step after the discovery of the Higgs particle
The discovery of the Higgs particle at the LHC particle accelerator in CERN in Switzerland sent waves of joy throughout the research community. Yet the evidence raised several new questions about the components of the universe. Sara Strandberg is preparing an upgrade of the accelerator to obtain more answers.
Sara Strandberg in the lab at Stockholm University. Photo: Magnus Bergström/KAW
The next major upgrade of LHC is scheduled for 2026. In a basement lab on the AlbaNova university campus, some of the approximately one thousand circuit boards that will help increase precision are being tested. The upgrade will take nearly four years, after which researchers will be able to collect ten times more data per second than at present. The goal is to recreate what happened during the first picoseconds after the Big Bang.
Sara Strandberg heads research at Stockholm University under the auspices of the Atlas experiment at LHC.
“After the upgrade it will be possible to measure properties of the Higgs particle that are still unknown. We will also be able to gain a deeper understanding of the process in the early universe when elementary particles acquired their mass.”
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Last updated: 2025-06-10
Source: Communications Office