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<h2 id="examples-of-collider-luminosity">Examples of collider luminosity</h2> <p>Here are a few examples of the luminosity of certain accelerators.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p> <table><tbody><tr><th>Collider</th><th>Interaction</th><th><i>L</i> (cm−2·s−1)</th></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Super_Proton_Synchrotron/3qTKCxnR">SPS</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Proton/clCjepXP">p</a> + <a href="/facts/Antiproton/dLqJkhGQ">p</a></td><td>6.0×1030</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Tevatron/dHkngs84">Tevatron</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></td><td><a href="/facts/Proton/clCjepXP">p</a> + <a href="/facts/Antiproton/dLqJkhGQ">p</a></td><td>4.0×1032</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/HERA/tntlRbfK">HERA</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Proton/clCjepXP">p</a> + <a href="/facts/Antielectron/HgV4zBzA">e+</a></td><td>4.0×1031</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/LEP/8hxB4TKe">LEP</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Electron/L0KBo5cW">e−</a> + <a href="/facts/Antielectron/HgV4zBzA">e+</a></td><td>1.0×1032</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/SLAC/CzX2afas">PEP</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Electron/L0KBo5cW">e−</a> + <a href="/facts/Antielectron/HgV4zBzA">e+</a></td><td>3.0×1033</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/KEKB_(accelerator)/48hpnl52">KEKB</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></td><td><a href="/facts/Electron/L0KBo5cW">e−</a> + <a href="/facts/Antielectron/HgV4zBzA">e+</a></td><td>2.1×1034</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/SuperKEKB/s1nCW8hs">SuperKEKB</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a></td><td><a href="/facts/Electron/L0KBo5cW">e−</a> + <a href="/facts/Antielectron/HgV4zBzA">e+</a></td><td>2.4×1034</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/LHC/XWJCFSqT">LHC</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a></td><td><a href="/facts/Proton/clCjepXP">p</a> + <a href="/facts/Proton/clCjepXP">p</a></td><td>2.1×1034</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/LHC/XWJCFSqT">LHC</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a></td><td><a href="/facts/Proton/clCjepXP">p</a> + <a href="/facts/Lead/EYljasJN">Pb</a></td><td>8.5×1029</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/LHC/XWJCFSqT">LHC</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a></td><td><a href="/facts/Lead/EYljasJN">Pb</a> + <a href="/facts/Lead/EYljasJN">Pb</a></td><td>6.1×1027</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/High_Luminosity_Large_Hadron_Collider/PUoaGMm6">HL-LHC</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a></td><td><a href="/facts/Proton/clCjepXP">p</a> + <a href="/facts/Proton/clCjepXP">p</a></td><td>5.0×1034</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Herr, W.; Muratori, B. (2006). "Concept of luminosity" (PDF). In Brandt, D. (ed.). CERN Accelerator School: Intermediate Course on Accelerator Physics, Zeuthen, Germany, 15-26 Sep 2003. CERN. pp. 361–378. doi:10.5170/CERN-2006-002. ISBN 978-92-9083-267-6. <a href="978-92-9083-267-6" target="_blank">978-92-9083-267-6</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Herr, W.; Muratori, B. (2006). "Concept of luminosity" (PDF). In Brandt, D. (ed.). CERN Accelerator School: Intermediate Course on Accelerator Physics, Zeuthen, Germany, 15-26 Sep 2003. CERN. pp. 361–378. doi:10.5170/CERN-2006-002. ISBN 978-92-9083-267-6. <a href="978-92-9083-267-6" target="_blank">978-92-9083-267-6</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Herr, W.; Muratori, B. (2006). "Concept of luminosity" (PDF). In Brandt, D. (ed.). CERN Accelerator School: Intermediate Course on Accelerator Physics, Zeuthen, Germany, 15-26 Sep 2003. CERN. pp. 361–378. doi:10.5170/CERN-2006-002. ISBN 978-92-9083-267-6. <a href="978-92-9083-267-6" target="_blank">978-92-9083-267-6</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Herr, W.; Muratori, B. (2006). "Concept of luminosity" (PDF). In Brandt, D. (ed.). CERN Accelerator School: Intermediate Course on Accelerator Physics, Zeuthen, Germany, 15-26 Sep 2003. CERN. pp. 361–378. doi:10.5170/CERN-2006-002. ISBN 978-92-9083-267-6. <a href="978-92-9083-267-6" target="_blank">978-92-9083-267-6</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Herr, W.; Muratori, B. (2006). "Concept of luminosity" (PDF). In Brandt, D. (ed.). CERN Accelerator School: Intermediate Course on Accelerator Physics, Zeuthen, Germany, 15-26 Sep 2003. CERN. pp. 361–378. doi:10.5170/CERN-2006-002. ISBN 978-92-9083-267-6. <a href="978-92-9083-267-6" target="_blank">978-92-9083-267-6</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Tevatron sets new initial luminosity records, Fermilab Today news archive <a href="https://www.fnal.gov/pub/today/archive/archive_2010/today10-04-19.html" target="_blank">https://www.fnal.gov/pub/today/archive/archive_2010/today10-04-19.html</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Tetsuo Abe et al.: Achievements of KEKB. In: Prog. Theor. Exp. Phys. 03A001, 2013, pp. 1–18, doi:10.1093/ptep/pts102. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150828010156/http://ptep.oxfordjournals.org/content/2013/3/03A001.full.pdf+html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20150828010156/http://ptep.oxfordjournals.org/content/2013/3/03A001.full.pdf+html</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"SuperKEKB collider achieves the world's highest luminosity". 26 June 2020. <a href="https://www.kek.jp/en/newsroom/2020/06/26/1400/" target="_blank">https://www.kek.jp/en/newsroom/2020/06/26/1400/</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>LHC Report: The LHC is full! <a href="https://home.cern/cern-people/updates/2018/05/lhc-report-lhc-full" target="_blank">https://home.cern/cern-people/updates/2018/05/lhc-report-lhc-full</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>Heavy-Ion Operation of HL-LHC! <a href="https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/9789814675475_0021" target="_blank">https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/9789814675475_0021</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>Heavy-Ion Operation of HL-LHC! <a href="https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/9789814675475_0021" target="_blank">https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/9789814675475_0021</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>"Vol. 10 (2020): High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC): Technical design report". e-publishing.cern.ch. 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