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Reference code
Heritage collection CERN-OBJ-CERN-OBJ-AC-009
Title
LEP tunnel monorail
Date(s)
- 1985 (Creation)
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Object
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Scope and content
A monorail from CERN's Large Electron Positron collider (LEP, for short). It ran around the 27km tunnel, transporting equipment and personnel. With its 27-kilometre circumference, LEP was the largest electron-positron accelerator ever built and ran from 1989 to 2000. 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
315 kg
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Existence and location of originals
282
Existence and location of copies
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Alternative identifier(s)
CDS number
43833
Object Number
OBJOBJ 0000107
