CDF Silicon Vertex Detector (IMAGE)

DOE/Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

CDF Silicon Vertex Detector

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The center of the upgraded CDF detector features a silicon vertex detector, installed in January 2001. The improved detector has taken data since March 2001. The vertex detector allows experimenters to record tracks of charged particles with utmost precision. Tracing the particle tracks back to their origin, scientists discover what processes take place at the core of proton-antiproton collisions.

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