PEP-II accelerator

GPTKB entity

Statements (40)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Accelerator
gptkbp:collaboration gptkb:Ba_Bar_collaboration
international research community
SLAC and KEK
gptkbp:collection over 500 fb^-1
gptkbp:colliding_beams electron and positron
gptkbp:construction_started gptkb:1996
gptkb:1999
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:2008
gptkbp:design asymmetric energy collider
gptkbp:designed_for B meson physics
gptkbp:field_of_study high-energy physics
gptkbp:final_energy 3.1 Ge V for electrons and 9 Ge V for positrons
gptkbp:funding gptkb:U._S._Department_of_Energy
gptkbp:has_field superconducting magnets
gptkbp:has_luminosity 1.0 x 10^34 cm^-2 s^-1
up to 2.0 x 10^34 cm^-2 s^-1
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label PEP-II accelerator
gptkbp:influence subsequent B-factory designs
gptkbp:legacy contributions to the Standard Model
gptkbp:lighting gptkb:1999
gptkbp:location gptkb:SLAC_National_Accelerator_Laboratory
gptkbp:notable_achievement discovery of new particles
gptkbp:notable_work measurements of sin(2β)
gptkbp:number_of_beams two
gptkbp:operated_by gptkb:SLAC_National_Accelerator_Laboratory
gptkbp:operational_period 1999-2008
gptkbp:operational_since gptkb:1999
gptkbp:power_source 3.1 Ge V
up to 9 Ge V
gptkbp:primary_use investigate the properties of B mesons
gptkbp:purpose study CP violation
gptkbp:ring_circumference 2.1 km
gptkbp:safety_features advanced safety systems
gptkbp:sensor gptkb:Ba_Bar
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Super_KEKB
gptkbp:type B-factory
gptkbp:upgrades electron-positron collider
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ba_Bar_detector
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8