In dictionaries:
linear collider
particle collider
Large Hadron Collider
Particle accelerator for smashing protons.
Superconducting Super Collider
The (also nicknamed the "Desertron") a particle accelerator complex under construction in the vicinity of Waxahachie, Texas, United States.
Future Circular Collider
a proposed particle accelerator with an energy significantly above that of previous circular colliders, such as the Super Proton Synchrotron, the Tevatron, and the Large Hadron Collider.
Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider
the first and one of only two operating heavy-ion colliders, and the only spin-polarized proton collider ever built.
High Luminosity Large Hadron Collider
The (HL-LHC; formerly referred to as HiLumi LHC, Super LHC, and SLHC) an upgrade to the Large Hadron Collider, operated by the European Organization for Nuclear Research, located at the French-Swiss border near Geneva.
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