LEP Collider accelerating cavity c.1989
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LEP Collider accelerating cavity c.1989
Image: © Ceri Thomas Taken: 16 Sep 2014
The theory Huge copper cavities such as this one accelerated particles in CERN's Large Electron - Positron (LEP) Collider, the previous occupant of the 27km tunnel that now houses the Large Hadron Collider (description provided by Museum of Science and Industry).
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Image Location
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53.477104
Longitude
-2.254895