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Although his primary interests lie in theoretical modelling and the study of the fundamental properties of physical theories, he was also involved in the early planning of a future particle accelerator at CERN, envisioned as a 100-kilometre successor to the current Large Hadron Collider (LHC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Outside the world of physics, Marek plays the guitar and remains mildly disappointed that his band was never invited to perform at this festival. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Researcher at the Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague.
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