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The CERN SPS Proton-Antiproton Collider

B. de Raad

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The SPS now operates for about 40% of the time as a proton-antiproton collider at a centre of mass energy of 630 GeV. Towards the end of 1984 the SPS achieved a peak luminosity of 3.6×1029cm-2s-1, with a luminosity lifetime of 28 hours and an average integrated luminosity of 5nb-1 per day. This report reviews the operational experience and limitations of the collider and describes the improvements which will be implemented to increase its luminosity by an order of magnitude.

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The SPS now operates for about 40% of the time as a proton-antiproton collider at a centre of mass energy of 630 GeV. Towards the end of 1984 the SPS achieved a peak luminosity of 3.6×1029cm-2s-1, with a luminosity lifetime of 28 hours and an average integrated luminosity of 5nb-1 per day. This report reviews the operational experience and limitations of the collider and describes the improvements which will be implemented to increase its luminosity by an order of magnitude.

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The SPS now operates for about 40% of the time as a proton-antiproton collider at a centre of mass energy of 630 GeV. Towards the end of 1984 the SPS achieved a peak luminosity of 3.6×1029cm-2s-1, with a luminosity lifetime of 28 hours and an average integrated luminosity of 5nb-1 per day. This report reviews the operational experience and limitations of the collider and describes the improvements which will be implemented to increase its luminosity by an order of magnitude.

Key concepts: Luminosity, Large Hadron Collider, Physics, Collider, Antiproton, Proton, Nuclear physics, Particle physics

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