HERA (particle accelerator)

ID: hera-particle-accelerator

HERA, which stands for the Hadron-Electron Ring Assembly, was a particle accelerator located at the DESY (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron) laboratory in Hamburg, Germany. It operated from 1992 until 2007 and is known for colliding electrons or positrons with protons (or nuclear matter), facilitating a range of experiments in high-energy physics.

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