The Antiproton Decelerator was designed as a successor to the Low Energy Antiproton Ring (LEAR).
Notes on verification
Confirmed by multiple independent sources including CERN's official site, Wikipedia, and a peer-reviewed physics review, all consistent in describing AD as LEAR's successor. [tier=silver indep_score=0.925 clusters=2 claim_tier=everyday]
Sources
- Antiproton Decelerator (wikipedia)
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0146641013000069 (corroboration)
- https://home.cern/science/accelerators/low-energy-antiproton-ring/ (corroboration)