OPAL
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OPAL was one of the major particle physics experiments at CERN’s Large Electron–Positron Collider, designed to study electron-positron collisions and probe the Standard Model.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| OPAL canonical | 2 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
LEP experiment
ⓘ
detector ⓘ particle physics experiment ⓘ |
| acronymFor | Omni-Purpose Apparatus for LEP ⓘ |
| collaborationSize | hundreds of physicists ⓘ |
| collaborationType | international collaboration ⓘ |
| colliderType | electron–positron collider ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
electroweak precision measurements
ⓘ
precision tests of the Standard Model ⓘ quantum chromodynamics studies ⓘ |
| country |
France
ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ |
| dataUsedFor |
determination of number of light neutrino species
ⓘ
precision measurements of W boson properties ⓘ precision measurements of Z boson properties ⓘ |
| detectorComponent |
central tracking detector
ⓘ
electromagnetic calorimeter ⓘ hadronic calorimeter ⓘ magnet system ⓘ muon chambers ⓘ |
| endOfDataTaking | 2000 ⓘ |
| fundedBy | multiple national funding agencies ⓘ |
| geometry | cylindrical detector ⓘ |
| hostInstitution | CERN ⓘ |
| locatedAt |
CERN
ⓘ
Large Electron–Positron Collider ⓘ |
| magneticFieldType | solenoidal magnetic field ⓘ |
| operatedDuring |
LEP
ⓘ
surface form:
LEP1
LEP ⓘ
surface form:
LEP2
|
| parallelExperiment |
ALEPH
ⓘ
Delphi ⓘ
surface form:
DELPHI
L3 ⓘ |
| partOf |
Large Electron–Positron Collider
ⓘ
surface form:
LEP experimental program
|
| primaryPurpose | study electron–positron collisions ⓘ |
| researchField |
high-energy physics
ⓘ
particle physics ⓘ |
| searchedFor |
Higgs boson
ⓘ
physics beyond the Standard Model ⓘ supersymmetric particles ⓘ |
| startOfDataTaking | 1989 ⓘ |
| studiedProcess |
W boson pair production
ⓘ
Z boson production ⓘ fermion pair production ⓘ hadronic final states ⓘ two-photon processes ⓘ |
| symmetry | azimuthally symmetric design ⓘ |
| testedTheory |
Standard Model
ⓘ
surface form:
Standard Model of particle physics
|
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