UA2 experiment
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The UA2 experiment was a high-energy physics collaboration at CERN’s Super Proton Synchrotron that played a key role in confirming the existence and properties of the W boson.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| UA2 experiment canonical | 6 |
| UA2 | 1 |
| UA2 interaction point | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
collaboration
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particle physics experiment ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
UA2 experiment
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surface form:
UA2
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| acceleratorUsed | Super Proton Synchrotron ⓘ |
| associatedWith | UA1 experiment ⓘ |
| collaborationType | international collaboration ⓘ |
| collisionType | proton–antiproton ⓘ |
| contributedTo | establishment of the Standard Model electroweak theory ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| dataSource |
Super Proton Synchrotron
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surface form:
Super Proton Synchrotron proton–antiproton collider program
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| detectorType | general-purpose collider detector ⓘ |
| energyScale | hundreds of GeV center-of-mass energy ⓘ |
| era | 1980s ⓘ |
| field | high-energy physics ⓘ |
| hostLaboratory |
CERN
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surface form:
European Organization for Nuclear Research
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| keyResult |
confirmation of the existence of the W boson
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measurement of W boson properties ⓘ observation of Z boson production ⓘ |
| location | CERN ⓘ |
| primaryGoal |
search for intermediate vector bosons
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study proton–antiproton collisions at high energy ⓘ |
| roleInPhysics | independent confirmation of W boson discovery ⓘ |
| studiedParticle |
W boson
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Z boson ⓘ |
| usedFor |
precision measurements of weak boson production
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tests of the electroweak sector of the Standard Model ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
UA2
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Z boson
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W− boson
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UA2 interaction point