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.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| PETRA collider | 1 |
| PETRA | 0 |
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
particle accelerator
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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
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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
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particle physics ⓘ |
| technology | storage ring accelerator technology ⓘ |
| typeOfBeam |
electron beam
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positron beam ⓘ |
| usedFor | collider experiments in electron–positron annihilation ⓘ |
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PETRA collider