U-70 (synchrotron)
View of the U-70 control room in 2001. | |
| General properties | |
|---|---|
| Accelerator type | Synchrotron |
| Physical properties | |
| Location | Protvino, near Serpukhov, Russia |
| Institution | Institute for High Energy Physics |
| Dates of operation | 1967 – present |
U-70 (Russian: У-70) is a proton synchrotron with a final energy of 70 GeV, built in 1967 at the Institute for High Energy Physics in Protvino (near Serpukhov, Russia). At the time of its construction, the accelerator held the world record for beam energy and is still the highest-energy accelerator in Russia.
In 1970, the U-70 scientists team was awarded the Lenin Prize for the development and commissioning of the synchrotron.