Antiproton Accumulator

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The Antiproton Accumulator was a storage and cooling ring at CERN designed to collect, cool, and accumulate antiprotons for high-energy proton–antiproton collision experiments.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf antiproton storage ring
particle accelerator storage ring
scientific research facility
beamType antiproton beam
beganOperation early 1980s
circumference approximately 157 m
commissioned 1980
connectedTo Antiproton Collector
Super Proton Synchrotron
contributedTo discovery of the W boson
discovery of the Z boson
coolingMethod stochastic cooling
country Switzerland
designedBy CERN accelerator division
energyRange several GeV
field accelerator physics
particle physics
heritage key component of CERN proton–antiproton program
integratedInto Antiproton Decelerator complex after 2000s
locatedAt CERN Prévessin site
locatedIn Canton of Geneva
linked to: canton of Geneva

Meyrin
Switzerland
operatedBy CERN
partOf Antiproton Project
CERN
CERN Proton–Antiproton Collider complex
purpose antiproton accumulation
antiproton collection
antiproton cooling
replacedBy Antiproton Decelerator
shape circular ring
shutDown 2004
significance enabled first proton–antiproton collider at CERN
status decommissioned
stores antiproton beam
antiprotons
supportedExperiment UA1 experiment
UA2 experiment
usedFor collider physics
high-energy physics experiments
proton–antiproton collision experiments
usedIn Super Proton Synchrotron
usesTechnology radio-frequency systems
stochastic cooling

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LEAR predecessor CERN Antiproton Accumulator
linked to: Antiproton Accumulator
Antiproton Accumulator partOf Antiproton Project
linked to: Antiproton Accumulator
Low Energy Antiproton Ring predecessor Antiproton Accumulator
Low Energy Antiproton Ring fedBy Antiproton Accumulator