January 19, 2001

A Crash Heard Around the World

By RICHARD MONASTERSKY

Physics rivals race each other in a search for the field's future

With the first snow of the season falling on the outskirts of Chicago, a gaggle of geese raises a honking racket overhead, as if to urge all creatures: "Head south, ye with any sense."

But while the birds are beating an exit, physicists from around the world are starting to flock to this region precisely at the time when the weather gets most vicious. They are drawn by the promise of some of the hottest

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