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Nature 403, 586-587 (10 February 2000) | doi:10.1038/35001220

Stanford accelerator takes lead in race to quantify CP violation

Colin Macilwain

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Two international teams are competing to measure B-meson decay. Their results will change our understanding of physics and of the Universe.

The B-factory at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) is poised to win an international race to quantify a critical element in the Standard Model of particle physics.The accelerator is approaching full power faster than its designers expected.