ADONE (''big
AdA'') was a
high-energy (beam energy 1.5
GeV, center-of-mass energy 3 GeV)
particle collider
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They vary greatly in size or quantity, fro ...
. It collided electrons with their antiparticles, positrons. It was 105 meters in circumference. It was operated from 1969 to 1993, by the
National Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN) at the
Frascati National Laboratory (LNF), in
Frascati
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,
Italy
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See also
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ADA collider
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Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
The Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN; "National Institute for Nuclear Physics") is the coordinating institution for nuclear, particle, theoretical and astroparticle physics in Italy.
History
INFN was founded on the 8th of August 1 ...
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Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati
The INFN National Laboratory of Frascati (LNF) was founded in 1954 with the objective of furthering particle physics research, and more specifically to host the 1.1 GeV electrosynchrotron, the first accelerator ever built in Italy. The La ...
References
Particle accelerators
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