UA1 experiment
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The UA1 experiment was a high-energy physics collaboration at CERN’s Super Proton Synchrotron that became famous for providing the first experimental evidence of the W and Z bosons, key carriers of the weak nuclear force.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
CERN experiment
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collider experiment → high-energy physics experiment → particle physics experiment → |
| aim |
search for intermediate vector bosons
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test of electroweak sector of the Standard Model → |
| basedOnTheory |
Standard Model of particle physics
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electroweak theory → |
| collaborationType |
high-energy physics collaboration
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international collaboration → |
| country |
Switzerland
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| dataTakingMethod |
collider experiment
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| detectorType |
general-purpose detector
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hadron collider detector → |
| energyScale |
hundreds of GeV center-of-mass energy
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| era |
late 20th century particle physics
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| field |
high-energy physics
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particle physics → |
| hostInstitution |
European Organization for Nuclear Research
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| impact |
Nobel Prize in Physics 1984 for W and Z boson discovery (to key collaborators)
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| involves |
antiproton beams
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proton beams → |
| knownFor |
discovery of the W and Z bosons
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first experimental evidence of the W boson → first experimental evidence of the Z boson → |
| locatedInFacility |
Super Proton Synchrotron
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| location |
CERN
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| organization |
CERN
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| relatedTo |
UA2 experiment
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electroweak unification → |
| researchArea |
W boson
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Z boson → electroweak interaction → weak nuclear force → |
| result |
measurement of W boson properties
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measurement of Z boson properties → observation of W boson production → observation of Z boson production → |
| significance |
confirmation of the electroweak theory
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experimental verification of the Standard Model → |
| sitedAt |
Super Proton Synchrotron experimental area
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| studiedProcess |
proton–antiproton collisions
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| usesAccelerator |
Super Proton Synchrotron
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| usesTechnology |
calorimeters
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large multi-purpose detector → muon detectors → tracking detectors → |
Referenced by (3)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Z boson
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Z boson → |
discoveredBy |
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W boson
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wasDiscoveredBy |