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Despite investing a massive $500,000,000 in the construction of the
Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and committing a significant portion of our
high-energy experimental community to the LHC, there is a risk that we
may struggle to comprehend the results due to the limitations of our
current precision theory modeling. This is particularly concerning given
the LHC's future role as a precision machine that will probe even the
rarest of processes with high accuracy. As we move beyond the Higgs
discovery phase, the LHC's potential to further advance our
understanding of fundamental physics is immense, and accurate
interpretation of the results is crucial to harnessing the full
scientific potential of our investment.
Therefore, I urge measures to protect the value of the US investment in
the LHC program and allocate sufficient resources to improve our
precision theory modeling, keeping pace with the LHC's advancements.
This will help maximize the return on our investment and advance our
understanding of the universe.
