Tevatron

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circular accelerator hadron collider particle accelerator synchrotron

Tevatron was a circular particle accelerator at Fermilab that for many years was the world’s highest-energy collider, crucial in advancing high-energy physics research.

Observed surface forms (10)

Surface form	Occurrences
Tevatron Run II	2
Fermilab Main Ring accelerator	1
Fermilab Tevatron	1
Fermilab Tevatron accelerator complex	1
Run I of the Tevatron	1
Run II of the Tevatron	1
Tevatron Run I	1
Tevatron collider	1
Tevatron experiments	1
Tevatron interaction region	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	circular accelerator ⓘ hadron collider ⓘ particle accelerator ⓘ synchrotron ⓘ
acceleratedParticle	antiproton ⓘ proton ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Tevatron ⓘ surface form: Fermilab Tevatron
centerOfMassEnergy	1.8 TeV ⓘ 1.96 TeV ⓘ
circumference	6.28 km ⓘ about 4 miles ⓘ
collisionType	proton–antiproton ⓘ
commissioned	1983 ⓘ
constructionStartDate	1981 ⓘ
contributedToDiscoveryOf	tau neutrino ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
decommissioned	2011 ⓘ
discovered	top quark ⓘ
energyRecordSurpassedBy	Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
firstBeamYear	1983 ⓘ
firstCollisionsYear	1985 ⓘ
heldEnergyRecordUntil	Large Hadron Collider startup ⓘ
hostedDetector	DØ detector ⓘ surface form: Collider Detector at Fermilab DØ detector ⓘ surface form: DZero detector
locatedAtLaboratorySite	Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory ⓘ surface form: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory site
locatedIn	Batavia, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory ⓘ surface form: Fermilab Illinois ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
magnetType	superconducting magnets ⓘ
maximumBeamEnergy	1 TeV ⓘ
notableExperiment	CDF ⓘ DØ ⓘ
operator	Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory ⓘ surface form: Fermilab
ownedBy	Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory ⓘ
predecessor	Main Ring (Fermilab) ⓘ
researchField	high-energy physics ⓘ particle physics ⓘ
runBy	Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory ⓘ
shutdownDate	2011-09-30 ⓘ
significance	major facility for advancing high-energy physics ⓘ
status	decommissioned ⓘ
successor	Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
technology	superconducting synchrotron technology ⓘ
topQuarkDiscoveryYear	1995 ⓘ
usedFor	collider experiments ⓘ fixed-target experiments ⓘ
wasWorldsHighestEnergyCollider	true ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tevatron → alsoKnownAs → Tevatron ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fermilab Tevatron

Robert R. Wilson → designed → Tevatron ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fermilab Tevatron accelerator complex

Robert R. Wilson → designed → Tevatron ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fermilab Main Ring accelerator

DØ detector → experimentAt → Tevatron ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tevatron Run I

DØ detector → experimentAt → Tevatron ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tevatron Run II

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory → hasFacility → Tevatron ⓘ

CDF detector → interactionPoint → Tevatron ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tevatron interaction region

DØ detector → locatedAt → Tevatron ⓘ

Drell–Yan processes → measuredAt → Tevatron ⓘ

CDF detector → operatedAt → Tevatron ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tevatron collider

Booster synchrotron → precedesInBeamline → Tevatron ⓘ

Main Injector → suppliedBeamsTo → Tevatron ⓘ

Salam–Weinberg model → testedBy → Tevatron ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tevatron experiments

CDF detector → usedIn → Tevatron ⓘ

this entity surface form: Run I of the Tevatron

CDF detector → usedIn → Tevatron ⓘ

this entity surface form: Run II of the Tevatron

Main Injector → usedInProgram → Tevatron ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tevatron Run II