Large Electron–Positron Collider

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The Large Electron–Positron Collider was a major circular particle accelerator at CERN that collided electrons and positrons to probe the electroweak interaction and test the Standard Model of particle physics.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Large Electron–Positron Collider canonical 11
LEP collider 1
LEP collider at CERN 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf CERN facility ⓘ
circular accelerator ⓘ
collider ⓘ
electron–positron collider ⓘ
particle accelerator ⓘ
beamType electron ⓘ
positron ⓘ
collisionType electron–positron ⓘ
commissioned 1989 ⓘ
constructionStart 1983 ⓘ
country France ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
decommissioned 2000 ⓘ
energyRegime LEP1 ⓘ
linked to: LEP

LEP2 ⓘ
firstBeam 1989 ⓘ
hostedExperiment ALEPH ⓘ
DELPHI ⓘ
L3 ⓘ
OPAL ⓘ
inaugurated 13 November 1989 ⓘ
LEP1EnergyRange around Z boson resonance ⓘ
LEP2EnergyRange up to about 209 GeV centre-of-mass energy ⓘ
locatedAt CERN ⓘ
locatedIn Meyrin ⓘ
locatedNear Geneva ⓘ
maximumCentreOfMassEnergy about 209 GeV ⓘ
neutrinoFamiliesMeasured 3 ⓘ
notableResult high-precision determination of number of light neutrino families ⓘ
precision measurements of W boson mass ⓘ
precision measurements of Z boson mass and width ⓘ
operatedBy CERN ⓘ
operationEnd 2000 ⓘ
operationStart 1989 ⓘ
physicsProgram precision measurements of W boson ⓘ
precision measurements of Z boson ⓘ
search for Higgs boson ⓘ
searches for new particles beyond Standard Model ⓘ
tests of electroweak theory ⓘ
predecessor Super Proton Synchrotron ⓘ
primaryPurpose probe electroweak interaction ⓘ
test Standard Model of particle physics ⓘ
ringType underground tunnel ⓘ
status dismantled ⓘ
successor Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
tunnelCircumference 26.7 kilometres ⓘ
27 kilometres ⓘ
tunnelDepth about 100 metres underground ⓘ
tunnelReuse used for Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
tunnelSharedWith Large Hadron Collider ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Z boson → wasStudiedAt → Large Electron–Positron Collider ⓘ
subject linked to: Z
LEP → fullName → Large Electron–Positron Collider ⓘ
ALEPH → locatedAt → Large Electron–Positron Collider ⓘ
L3 → locatedAtAccelerator → Large Electron–Positron Collider ⓘ
OPAL → locatedAt → Large Electron–Positron Collider ⓘ
OPAL → partOf → LEP experimental program ⓘ
linked to: Large Electron–Positron Collider
Weinberg angle → measuredAt → LEP collider ⓘ
linked to: Large Electron–Positron Collider
Large Electron–Positron Collider → energyRegime → LEP2 ⓘ
linked to: Large Electron–Positron Collider
proton–antiproton collider at CERN → successor → Large Electron–Positron Collider ⓘ
ALEPH → locatedAt → Large Electron–Positron Collider ⓘ
subject linked to: Apparatus for LEP Physics
ALEPH Collaboration → associatedWith → Large Electron–Positron Collider ⓘ
L3 Collaboration → operatedAt → Large Electron–Positron Collider ⓘ
Omni-Purpose Apparatus for LEP → locatedAt → Large Electron–Positron Collider ⓘ
DELPHI → locatedAt → Large Electron–Positron Collider ⓘ
Z boson → massMeasuredPreciselyAt → LEP collider at CERN ⓘ
subject linked to: W and Z bosons
linked to: Large Electron–Positron Collider