The Antiproton Decelerator was built from the Antiproton Collector (AC).
Notes on verification
Confirmed by CERN Courier, CERN Document Server records, and Wikipedia, all consistent in stating the AD was built by converting/reusing the AC. [tier=unverified indep_score=0.375 clusters=1 claim_tier=notable] [harvest 2026-09-15: +2 source(s) on new hosts; tier unverified->gold indep=1.0 clusters=3] [kind-backfill 2026-09-15: kind=attributed eligibility=high]
Sources
- Antiproton Decelerator (wikipedia)
- https://cern-courier.web.cern.ch/a/beams-back-at-the-antiproton-decelerator/ (corroboration)
- https://cds.cern.ch/record/39385 (corroboration)
- https://cerncourier.com/a/the-return-of-antimatter/ (corroboration)
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0370157304003503 (corroboration)