DØ detector

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The DØ detector is a large particle physics experiment at Fermilab’s Tevatron collider designed to study high-energy proton–antiproton collisions and probe fundamental particles and forces.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf collider experiment
high-energy physics experiment
particle physics detector
abbreviation D0
collaboratingInstitutions international collaboration
collaborationName
surface form: DØ Collaboration
colliderType proton–antiproton collider
contributedToDiscoveryOf top quark
contributedToMeasurementOf W boson
surface form: W boson mass

electroweak parameters
top quark mass
contributedToSearchFor Higgs boson
extra dimensions
supersymmetric particles
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dataFormat proton–antiproton collision events
designedToStudy proton–antiproton collisions
endOfDataTaking 2011
energyRange up to 1.96 TeV center-of-mass energy
experimentAt Tevatron
surface form: Tevatron Run I

Tevatron
surface form: Tevatron Run II
hasSubsystem calorimeter
data acquisition system
muon system
tracking system
trigger system
hasTechnology liquid-argon calorimetry
muon drift tubes
scintillating fiber tracker
scintillation counters
silicon microstrip tracker
uranium–liquid-argon calorimeter
hostInstitution Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory NERFINISHED
locatedAt Tevatron
locatedIn Fermilab NERFINISHED
operatedBy
surface form: DØ Collaboration
primaryPhysicsGoal searches for new physics beyond the Standard Model
tests of the Standard Model
purpose precision measurements in hadron collisions
search for rare processes
relatedExperiment CDF detector
researchField high-energy physics
particle physics
startOfDataTaking 1992
studies fundamental forces
fundamental particles
successorExperimentAtSite none (Tevatron shut down)
symmetry nearly hermetic

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Tevatron hostedDetector DØ detector
this entity surface form: Collider Detector at Fermilab
Tevatron hostedDetector DØ detector
this entity surface form: DZero detector
Electromagnetic Calorimeter partOf DØ detector
this entity surface form: D0 detector