CERN builds proton–antiproton ring; Fermilab plans one
DOI: 10.1063/1.2995454
Although some high‐energy experimenters have been talking about proton–antiproton colliding‐beam devices for over a decade, the financial commitment to build such a high‐energy storage ring had not been made. Now CERN is indeed building such a device, in which 270‐GeV protons will collide with 270‐GeV antiprotons. Built out of the CERN operating budget, the project is expected to cost about 91 million Swiss francs ($50 million) and to be completed by the end of 1980. Two interaction regions have been approved, each requiring a complex detector whose cost is in addition to the 91 million Swiss francs. Besides the two large detectors, three other experiments have been approved.
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