International Particle Research Institute (Themiclesia)
 IPRI emblem | |
 One of several accelerators at the IPRI | |
| Abbreviation | IPRI |
|---|---|
| Motto | Nulla non quaestiones |
| Formation | July 11, 1955 |
| Founder | Intermural Consortium of Science |
| Founded at | Kwang-bieng County |
| Registration no. | 60-331 |
| Legal status | not-for-profit organization |
| Purpose | particle, nuclear physics research |
| Location |
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| Methods | accelerator physics |
| Owners | held in trust |
President | James C. Järvinen |
Vice President | Sanjay Singh |
Main organ | Governing Council |
| Affiliations | Academia Sinastana |
Budget (2016) | OSD$682 million |
Staff (2015) | 1323 |
Volunteers (2015) | 892 |
The International Particle Research Institute (邦際粒學院, prong-tsjadh-rjep-kruk-gronh) is an internationlly-operated nuclear and particle physics research institute located in Themiclesia. The most well-known facilities for subatomic particle research on campus are its six particle accelerators, which are able to propel and collide protons and heavier particles at speeds approaching that of light; the remnants of the collisions are then tracked through multi-layered detectors, each designed to capture one or more type of particles expected from collision. These studies have, amongst other scientific breakthroughs, confirmed the theory of general relativity.
The facility was proposed by a number of experimental and theoretical research institutions on several continents, through their governments, forming the Intermural Consortium of Nuclear Science in 1948 to lobby for governments to back large particle accelerators, which are beyond the financial reach of any private institution, especially in view of an apparent inability to generate revenue independently. This body eventually elected to build its facilities in Themiclesia, as its government heavily invested in the project, and the country's unusually flat geography was thought to simplify the construction of the first accelerator.
History
- Inaugurated 1955
Participating states
Accelerators
- Synchrocyclotron (1955)
- Linear Accelerator (1956)
- Synchrotron Collider (1957)
- Beam Intensifier Synchrotron (1960)
- Expanded Synchrotron Collider (1970)
- Heavy Ion Collider (1977)
- Linear Accelerator II (1984)
- Advanced Synchrotron Collider (1995)
- Antiparticle Accelerator (1999)