BEP 900 MeV booster of electrons and positrons

VEPP-2000 () is an upgrade of the former VEPP-2M

electron The electron ( or ) is a subatomic particle with a negative one elementary electric charge. Electrons belong to the first generation of the lepton particle family, and are generally thought to be elementary particles because they have no ...

- positron

collider A collider is a type of particle accelerator which brings two opposing particle beams together such that the particles collide. Colliders may either be ring accelerators or linear accelerators. Colliders are used as a research tool in particl ...

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particle accelerator A particle accelerator is a machine that uses electromagnetic fields to propel charged particles to very high speeds and energies, and to contain them in well-defined beams. Large accelerators are used for fundamental research in particle ...

) at Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics (BINP) in Novosibirsk,

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.VEPP-2000 homepage (Russian and English)
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