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111ATLAS experiment — ATLAS (A Toroidal LHC ApparatuS) is one of the six particle detector experiments (ALICE, ATLAS, CMS, TOTEM, LHCb, and LHCf) constructed at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), a new particle accelerator at the European Organization for Nuclear… …
112physics — /fiz iks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) the science that deals with matter, energy, motion, and force. [1580 90; see PHYSIC, ICS] * * * I Science that deals with the structure of matter and the interactions between the fundamental constituents of… …
113Hadron Elektron Ring Anlage — HERA ( Hadron Elektron Ringanlage , or Hadron Electron Ring Accelerator) was a particle accelerator at DESY in Hamburg. Its operation started in 1992. At HERA, electrons or positrons were collided with protons at a center of mass energy of 318… …
114synchrotron — /sing kreuh tron /, n. Physics. a type of cyclotron consisting of magnetic sections alternately spaced with sections in which particles are electrostatically accelerated. [1945 50; SYNCHRO + TRON] * * * Cyclic particle accelerator in which the… …
115Cyclotron — For other uses, see Cyclotron (disambiguation). A modern Cyclotron for radiation therapy …
116DESY — ▪ laboratory, Hamburg, Germany byname of Deutsches Elektronen synchrotron , English German Electron Synchrotron the largest centre for high energy particle physics (physics) research in Germany. DESY, founded in 1959, is located in… …
117Ghostbusters (franchise) — Logo used by the Ghostbusters in the film Ghostbusters is a supernatural comedy multi media franchise created in 1984. Its inception was for the movie Ghostbusters, released on June 8, 1984 by Columbia Pictures. It centered around a group of… …
118Fermilab — Established November 21, 1967 (as National Accelerator Laboratory) Research Type Nuclear Field of Research Parti …
119TRIUMF — is Canada’s national laboratory for particle and nuclear physics located on the University of British Columbia campus in Vancouver, British Columbia. The name, formerly abbreviated from TRI University Meson Facility, is now no longer an… …
120CERN — European Laboratory for Particle Physics; formerly called European Organization for Nuclear Research: an international research organization based in Geneva, Switzerland. [ < F, for C(onseil) e(uropéen pour la) r(echerche) n(ucléaire)] * * * in… …
