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Particle physics

PEP II

Physics; Particle physics

An electron-positron collider, sited at SLAC, where the BaBar experiment is located.

PHENIX

Physics; Particle physics

An experiment based at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL).

Pierre Auger Observatory

Physics; Particle physics

A detector, currently under construction in Argentina, that will be used to study the highest energy cosmic rays. For more information, see: http://www.auger.org/.

Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC)

Physics; Particle physics

An experiment based at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL).

run II

Physics; Particle physics

The term describing the current run of data collection at the Fermilab Tevatron. The goal is to collect roughly ten times more data than in the first run, when the top quark was discovered.

Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

Physics; Particle physics

Located in Oxfordshire in the United Kingdom, this laboratory has a broad-based research program that includes investigations in nuclear and particle physics.

Scientific Assessment Group for Experiments in Non-Accelerator Physics (SAGENAP)

Physics; Particle physics

A committee that reports to the Department of Energy and National Science Foundation.

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