KEK

High Energy Accelerator
Research Organization
高エネルギー加速器研究機構
Established1 April 1997
HeadquartersTsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
Director General
Masanori Yamauchi
AffiliationsMinistry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Websitehttp://www.kek.jp/en/

The High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (高エネルギー加速器研究機構, Kō Enerugī Kasokuki Kenkyū Kikō), known as KEK, is a Japanese organization whose purpose is to operate the largest particle physics laboratory in Japan, situated in Tsukuba, Ibaraki prefecture. It was established in 1997.[1] The term "KEK" is also used to refer to the laboratory itself, which employs approximately 695 employees.[2] KEK's main function is to provide the particle accelerators and other infrastructure needed for high-energy physics, material science, structural biology, radiation science, computing science, nuclear transmutation and so on. Numerous experiments have been constructed at KEK by the internal and international collaborations that have made use of them. Makoto Kobayashi, emeritus professor at KEK, is known globally for his work on CP-violation, and was awarded the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics.

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  1. ^ "History". KEK. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
  2. ^ 各種データ (in Japanese). KEK. Retrieved 2016-08-12.