Published September 1989 | Version v1
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LEP commissioning

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On 14 July, as ail France celebrated the bicentenary of its revolution, CERN was the scene of a revolution of a very different kind. At 16.30 hrs, a 20 GeV positron beam went round the 27 kilometres (most of which is under French territory) of CERN's new LEP electron-positron storage ring. After more than a decade of careful planning and preparation, almost six years after groundbreaking, and two years after the start of equipment installation, the LEP team delivered on the day they had told people to mark five years ago

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
CERN Courier
Journal Volume
29
Journal Issue
7
Journal Page Range
p. 1-4
ISSN
0304-288X
CODEN
CECOA2

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Country of Publication
European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
46062834
Subject category
S43: PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;
Descriptors DEI
CERN; COMMISSIONING; FRANCE; GEV RANGE 10-100; LEP STORAGE RINGS; PLANNING; POSITRON BEAMS
Descriptors DEC
ACCELERATORS; BEAMS; CYCLIC ACCELERATORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ENERGY RANGE; EUROPE; GEV RANGE; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; LEPTON BEAMS; PARTICLE BEAMS; STORAGE RINGS; SYNCHROTRONS; WESTERN EUROPE

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INIS-XC-J--15P0420