Zeus (particle detector)
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ZEUS is a particle detector in operation at HERA (Hadron Elektron Ring Anlage) in DESY, Hamburg. It began operating together with HERA in 1992. Leptons (electrons or positrons) are collided with protons by HERA in the interaction point of ZEUS. ZEUS is operated by an international collaboration of about 400 physicists from 42 institutes in 15 countries. The detector is about 12 x 15 x 14 meters in size and weighs 3600 tons. Image:Zeus experiment.jpg
The ZEUS detector comprises many components, including a depleted uranium-plastic scintillator calorimeter, a Cental Tracking Detector, which is a wire chamber, a silicon microvertex detector and muon chambers. In addition a solenoid provides a 1.43 T magnetic field.
The ZEUS experiment studies the internal structure of the proton through measurements of deep inelastic scattering. These measurements are also used to test and study the Standard Model of particle physics, as well as searching for particles beyond the Standard Model.
