The particle accelerator, which has been shut for maintenance, will restart this spring following an upgrade that will allow it to work at even higher energies than were used for the discovery of the Higgs boson, a fundamental sub-atomic particle that accounts for gravitational attraction.
Cern scientists said that the higher energies mean they stand a good chance of discovering supersymmetry, the sub-atomic particles that are symmetrical “twins” of the particles that form the basis of matter.
The first supersymmetry particle is likely to be something called a gluino, the symmetric twin of a gluon particle. If the discovery is made it would represent a milestone in the search for the so-called “dark matter” of the Universe, which cannot be seen but is felt by its gravitational force.
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