BaBar detector

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The BaBar detector was a large particle physics experiment at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory designed to study B-meson decays and CP violation in high-energy electron–positron collisions.

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BaBar detector canonical 2
BaBar experiment 2
B-factory collider 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf B-physics experiment ⓘ
asymmetric B-factory experiment ⓘ
collider detector ⓘ
particle physics detector ⓘ
acceleratorType asymmetric-energy electron–positron collider ⓘ
beamType electron beam ⓘ
positron beam ⓘ
builtForAccelerator PEP-II storage ring ⓘ
calorimeterTechnology CsI(Tl) crystal calorimeter ⓘ
centerOfMassEnergy around 10.58 GeV ⓘ
collaboration BaBar Collaboration ⓘ
collaborationCountries over 10 countries ⓘ
collaborationSize about 600 physicists ⓘ
constructionStart 1994 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dataTakingEnd 2008 ⓘ
dataTakingStart 1999 ⓘ
decommissioned 2008 ⓘ
hasSubsystem DIRC Cherenkov detector ⓘ
drift chamber ⓘ
electromagnetic calorimeter ⓘ
instrumented flux return ⓘ
silicon vertex tracker ⓘ
superconducting solenoid ⓘ
hostLaboratory SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory ⓘ
inspiredBy Belle detector at KEK B-factory ⓘ
integratedLuminosityRecorded over 500 fb^-1 ⓘ
locatedIn Menlo Park, California ⓘ
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory ⓘ
magneticFieldStrength about 1.5 tesla ⓘ
muonSystemTechnology limited streamer tubes ⓘ
resistive plate chambers ⓘ
notableResult constraints on the unitarity triangle ⓘ
measurements of rare B decays ⓘ
observation of CP violation in the B-meson system ⓘ
precision measurements of sin(2β) ⓘ
searches for light dark matter and hidden sector particles ⓘ
operatedAtResonance Υ(4S) resonance ⓘ
particleIDTechnology DIRC (Detection of Internally Reflected Cherenkov light) ⓘ
linked to: Cherenkov detectors
primaryPurpose study of B-meson decays ⓘ
producedBBbarPairs over 470 million B-meson pairs ⓘ
researchFocus CP violation in the B-meson system ⓘ
charm physics ⓘ
measurement of CKM matrix elements ⓘ
searches for new physics beyond the Standard Model ⓘ
searches for rare B decays ⓘ
tau lepton physics ⓘ
tests of the Standard Model ⓘ
two-photon physics ⓘ
successorExperiment Belle II detector ⓘ
trackingDetectorTechnology gas-filled drift chamber ⓘ
vertexDetectorTechnology silicon microstrip ⓘ

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

Electromagnetic Calorimeter → partOf → BaBar detector ⓘ
Electromagnetic Calorimeter → partOf → Belle detector ⓘ
linked to: BaBar detector
Stanford Linear Collider → succeededBy → B‑factory program at SLAC ⓘ
subject linked to: Stanford Linear Collider (SLC)
linked to: BaBar detector
Kobayashi–Maskawa theory → hasEvidenceFrom → BaBar experiment ⓘ
linked to: BaBar detector
BaBar Collaboration → usesDetector → BaBar detector ⓘ
PEP-II storage ring → associatedExperiment → BABAR detector ⓘ
linked to: BaBar detector
PEP-II storage ring → colliderType → B-factory collider ⓘ
linked to: BaBar detector
Υ(4S) → isStudiedByExperiment → BaBar ⓘ
subject linked to: Υ(4S) resonance
linked to: BaBar detector
unitarity triangle → testedAt → BaBar experiment ⓘ
linked to: BaBar detector