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Heritage collection CERN-OBJ-CERN-OBJ-AC-014
Title
LEP beampipe section
Date(s)
- 1989 (Creation)
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Object
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Scope and content
Short section of beampipe from the Large Electron Positron collider (LEP, for short). With its 27-kilometre circumference, LEP was the largest electron-positron accelerator ever built and ran from 1989 to 2000 at CERN. During 11 years of research, LEP's experiments provided a detailed study of the electroweak interaction. Measurements performed at LEP also proved that there are three – and only three – generations of particles of matter. LEP was closed down on 2 November 2000 to make way for the construction of the Large Hadron Collider in the same tunnel.
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Public
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Physical characteristics and technical requirements
8cm 22.5cm 12.5cm 500g
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Available, 282.
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CDS number
2284288