•The Tevatron was the
world’s first superconducting accelerator.
•It accepts protons AND
pbars at 150 GeV from the Main Injector. Typically:
–36 proton bunches with 180E9
protons in each. (Run IIa goal: 270E9)
–36 pbar bunches with 12E9
pbars in each. (Run IIa goal: 33E9)
•These are accelerated
to 980 GeV.
•Collisions (“low
beta”) are initiated at the B0 (CDF) and D0 detector regions.
•These “stores” are kept for typically 16 hours, while more antiprotons are made for the next “shot”.