PhysMath Central Blog
We have just published an excellent editorial by PMC Physics A editor-in-chief, Ken Peach. In it, he outlines what we might discover with the LHC apart from the Higgs. In particular, given some of the more outlandish reporting of the LHC start-up, it explains why open access to the original reseach is important for all kinds of science:
The LHC machine has been built as a global collaboration, led by and from CERN. The four large experiments have also been built as global collaborations. We at PMC Physics A welcome the commitment by CERN and by the experiments to make the results freely available through publication in open access journals. The media coverage of the start-up of LHC demonstrates that there is interest in the general public in fundamental science, and in the structure and origins of our Universe. We should ensure that those who wish can see the results directly for themselves, and not only as viewed through the prism of the media.
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