A5 4 Trust Me, Bro, Just One More Particle Accelerator...

Abstract

We consider the effects of increasingly large particle accelerators, approaching the ridiculous in scale, and how these could lead to pivotal discoveries. We find that accelerators using current magnet technology on a continental scale could be used to find Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs), on an Earth-Moon system scale could be used to answer questions surrounding Supersymmetry, and on an interstellar scale could allow us to reach the Grand Unified Theory (GUT). We conclude that improving magnet technology is more important than scale.