 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (March 2015) |
 Overview of Frascati National Laboratory of INFN. | |
| Established | August 8, 1954 (as National Accelerator Laboratory) |
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| Research type | Accelerator physics |
Field of research | Particle physics |
| Director | Paola Gianotti |
| Address | Via E. Fermi 54, I-00044 Frascati, Italy |
| Location | Frascati, Rome, Italy |
| Nickname | LNF |
| Affiliations | INFN |
| Website | www |
The INFN National Laboratory of Frascati (LNF) was founded in 1954 with the objective of furthering particle physics research, and more specifically to host the 1.1 GeV electrosynchrotron, the first accelerator ever built in Italy.[1] The Laboratory later developed the first ever electron-positron collider: from the first prototype AdA, which demonstrated the feasibility, to the ring ADONE and later on to DAΦNE, still operative today (2024). LNF was also the proposed site of the cancelled particle accelerator SuperB.
Besides conducting experiments with their own facilities, the LNF researchers are also taking part in extensive collaborations at external laboratories, especially at CERN and in the United States.
It is located in Frascati, Italy.
- ^ Valente, Vincenzo (2007). La strada del Sincrotrone km 12 – 50 anni di acceleratori e particelle nei laboratori di Frascati. Imprimenda-Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Limena, 2008. ISBN 978-8888610153.