PETRA (collider)

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PETRA (Positron-Electron Tandem Ring Accelerator) was a large electron–positron storage ring at DESY in Hamburg, notable for key contributions to particle physics including the discovery of gluon radiation.

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instanceOf particle accelerator
storage ring
abbreviationOf Positron-Electron Tandem Ring Accelerator NERFINISHED
beamConfiguration counter-rotating electron and positron beams
city Hamburg NERFINISHED
colliderType electron–positron storage ring
contributedTo establishment of gluons as gauge bosons of QCD
country Germany NERFINISHED
discovered gluon radiation
energyRange tens of GeV center-of-mass energy
era late 20th century particle physics
fullName Positron-Electron Tandem Ring Accelerator NERFINISHED
hostInstitution Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron NERFINISHED
locatedAtFacility DESY Hamburg site NERFINISHED
locatedIn DESY NERFINISHED
Hamburg NERFINISHED
locatedInCountry Germany
notableFor discovery of gluon radiation
precision studies of quark and lepton interactions
tests of quantum chromodynamics
operator DESY NERFINISHED
organizationTypeOfOperator national research laboratory
purpose high-energy particle physics research
researchField high-energy physics
particle physics
technology storage ring accelerator technology
typeOfBeam electron beam
positron beam
usedFor collider experiments in electron–positron annihilation

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DESY formerFacility PETRA (collider)
gluon wasDiscoveredAt PETRA (collider)
this entity surface form: PETRA collider