proton–antiproton collider at CERN

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The proton–antiproton collider at CERN was a high-energy particle accelerator complex that enabled the discovery of the W and Z bosons, confirming the electroweak theory of the Standard Model.

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instanceOf collider ⓘ
particle accelerator ⓘ
proton–antiproton collider ⓘ
accelerates antiprotons ⓘ
protons ⓘ
antiprotonsProducedIn Antiproton Accumulator ⓘ
basedOn proton–antiproton collisions ⓘ
beamType counter-rotating beams ⓘ
builtIn 1970s ⓘ
builtInTunnelOf Super Proton Synchrotron ⓘ
circumference about 7 kilometers ⓘ
collisionEnergyType center-of-mass energy ⓘ
collisionPoint UA1 interaction point ⓘ
linked to: UA1 experiment

UA2 interaction point ⓘ
linked to: UA2 experiment
commissionedIn early 1980s ⓘ
contributedTo confirmation of electroweak unification ⓘ
precision tests of Standard Model ⓘ
country Switzerland ⓘ
discoveryYearOfWAndZ 1983 ⓘ
enabledDiscoveryOf W boson ⓘ
Z boson ⓘ
firstPhysicsRun 1981 ⓘ
hostedExperiment UA1 experiment ⓘ
UA2 experiment ⓘ
involves stochastic cooling of antiprotons ⓘ
laterUpgradedEnergy 630 GeV ⓘ
locatedIn CERN ⓘ
Geneva region ⓘ
linked to: canton of Geneva

Meyrin ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
maximumCenterOfMassEnergy 540 GeV ⓘ
NobelPrizeRelated 1984 Nobel Prize in Physics ⓘ
notablePhysicistAssociated Carlo Rubbia ⓘ
Simon van der Meer ⓘ
operator CERN ⓘ
partOf CERN Super Proton Synchrotron ⓘ
preAccelerator Linac ⓘ
Proton Synchrotron ⓘ
status decommissioned ⓘ
successor Large Electron–Positron Collider ⓘ
technology synchrotron ⓘ
testedTheory Standard Model of particle physics ⓘ
linked to: Standard Model

electroweak theory ⓘ
usedFor high-energy physics experiments ⓘ
search for W boson ⓘ
search for Z boson ⓘ
study of electroweak interactions ⓘ

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Simon van der Meer → contributedTo → proton–antiproton collider at CERN ⓘ
Antiproton Accumulator → partOf → CERN Proton–Antiproton Collider complex ⓘ
linked to: proton–antiproton collider at CERN