This week's Science has an article (by Adrian Cho in News Focus) about a small group of Fermilab scientists trying to make a big discovery--of a new particle--on a small budget: about $30,000. Aaron Chou, a co-leader of the 11-member team, is a postdoc.
The stakes are high, but the researchers admit the odds are not in their favor. "When the potential payoff is big and the time and effort and cost are all small, it's easy to say 'Go ahead,' " Chou says. Still, adds David Christian, head of Fermilab's experimental physics projects department, "Almost for sure, [the] result is wrong." Subscription required for access.
For more about working at Fermilab, see Science Careers' article on this subject from last October.
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