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collider Definition

col·lider (kə līd′ər)

noun

Nuclear Physics a type of particle accelerator in which two beams of high-energy charged particles moving in opposite directions are made to collide head-on
collider Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

  • linear: There are two main design proposals for the future linear collider.
  • future: There are two main design proposals for the future linear collider.
  • high: Nature of problem: The forthcoming experiments at the high energy electron-positron collider LEP2 will be mainly concerned with WW physics and Higgs search.
  • highest-energy: In Europe, LEP, at CERN near Geneva, is the highest-energy electron-positron collider in the world.
  • only: The high energy makes the Tevatron the only collider capable of directly producing and thereby measuring the properties of the massive top quark.

Modifies a noun

  • experiment: We play central roles in four cutting-edge collider experiments, addressing a broad range of issues in modern particle physics.
  • physic: Originally studied exclusively in relation to collider physics, particle theory is nowadays also studied in the context of the early universe.
  • detector: This included some accelerator facilities, one of the large collider detector facilities ( CDF ) and the computing center.
  • project: UK Involvement The UK has also been getting involved in a wide range of activities associated with the linear collider project.
  • energy: From the amplitude determination, predictions are made for the differential cross section scaling law at collider energies.
  • facility: This included some accelerator facilities, one of the large collider detector facilities ( CDF ) and the computing center.

Noun used with modifier

  • electron-positron: In Europe, LEP, at CERN near Geneva, is the highest-energy electron-positron collider in the world.
  • electron-proton: The application of the phenomenology has been extended to experiments at the electron-proton collider HERA in Hamburg.
  • Tevatron: This research is done with the Tevatron collider at Fermilab near Chicago, using the CDF detector, together with Sinead Farrington.
  • hadron: We have made the world's first measurement of exclusive c c production at a hadron collider.
  • energy: Nature of problem: The forthcoming experiments at the high energy electron-positron collider LEP2 will be mainly concerned with WW physics and Higgs search.
  • particle: Many aspects of quantum chromodynamics are presently probed in particle collider experiments.