The Antiproton Decelerator was built from the Antiproton Collector (AC).
Notes on verification
Multiple independent CERN sources, including CERN's own documentation, consistently confirm that the Antiproton Decelerator was constructed by repurposing the former Antiproton Collector ring. [tier=unverified indep_score=0.3 clusters=2 claim_tier=notable] [rescored 2026-09-15: curated origin-host map (PR #65); unclassified hosts no longer scored as aggregators]
Sources
- Antiproton Decelerator (wikipedia)
- https://cerncourier.com/a/the-return-of-antimatter/ (corroboration)
- https://cerncourier.com/a/beams-back-at-the-antiproton-decelerator/ (corroboration)
- https://cerncourier.com/a/cern-gears-up-for-deceleration/ (corroboration)
- https://cds.cern.ch/record/561996?ln=en (corroboration)
- https://timeline.web.cern.ch/taxonomy/term/89?page=1 (corroboration)